The School of Law, SOAS, cordially invites you to the symposium on Law, Politics and Constitution-Making in the Arab Spring.
When: 20 March 2015, 15:25–19:00 Where: Khalili Lecture Theatre, SOAS, University of London, Russell Square, London, UK
Welcome Notes
Dr. Nimer Sultany, Law Department, SOAS
Professor Matthew Craven, Dean, Faculty of Law & Social Sciences, SOAS
15:30 – 17:00
Panel I: Whose Constitution?
Professor Mohamed Fadel, Toronto Law School, Constitutionalism, Democracy and Political Division: the Virtues of a Modus Vivendi
Dr. Nadia Marzouki, European University Institute, The Politics of Compromise from the Constitutional Debate to Elections
Hedayat Heikal, Harvard Law School, The Puzzle of the Persisting Faith in Constitutionalism
Discussant: Dr. Scott Newton, Law Department, SOAS
Moderator: Professor Mashood Baderin, UN Independent Expert on the situation of human rights in the Sudan;Law Department, SOAS
17:30 – 19:00
Panel II: The Politics of Rule of Law
Hossam Bahgat, Journalism School, Columbia University, The State of Human Rights in Post-Revolutionary Egypt
Dr. Adam Hanieh, Development Studies, SOAS, ‘State-Building’, Economy and the Rule of Law
Dr. Afaf Jabiri, SOAS, Gendering the Arab Revolutions: Women’s Rights and the Challenge of Insecurity
Discussant: Professor Nadje Al-Ali, Center for Gender Studies, SOAS
Moderator: Professor Lynn Welchman, Law Department, SOAS
Ticket prices:
£10 standard ticket
£5 student ticket
Free for SOAS students and staff
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