Legality and Legitimacy: From Weimar 1932 to Bucharest 2012?
Conference report here.
This is a one-day workshop, focusing on the relation between the legal and political order in constitutional democracies. Taking the Weimar crisis of 1932 as a departure point, we will investigate the contrast between Carl Schmitt's and Hans Kelsen's approach to this crisis in order to gain insights about the recent constitutional crises in Romania and Hungary. The workshop will be based on a close reading of selected chapters in David Dyzenhaus' monograph "Legality and Legitimacy: Carl Schmitt, Hans Kelsen and Hermann Heller in Weimar" (1999), and the application of his findings to recent developments in Romania and Hungary.
The workshop is interdisciplinary. Participants include members of the departments of philosophy, law and international studies of the University of Kent, and members of the EU Commission, and decision-makers in the Romanian and Hungarian political and and legal systems.
Time: Saturday, 6 April 2013
Location: Brussels School of International Studies (BSIS)
Participating institutions:
University of Kent, Departments of International Studies, Philosophy, Law
University of Bucharest, Department of Political Science
European Inter-University Centre for Human Rights and Democratisation, Venice
Organisers:
Dr. Edward Kanterian, Department of Philosophy, University of Kent,
Prof. Iulia Motoc, Constitutional Court of Romania
Dr. Eleanor Curran, Department of Law, University of Kent
Prof. Harm Schepel, Brussels School of International Studies
For more information, please me me at [email protected]
http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.science.philosophy.region.europe/2927
This is a one-day workshop, focusing on the relation between the legal and political order in constitutional democracies. Taking the Weimar crisis of 1932 as a departure point, we will investigate the contrast between Carl Schmitt's and Hans Kelsen's approach to this crisis in order to gain insights about the recent constitutional crises in Romania and Hungary. The workshop will be based on a close reading of selected chapters in David Dyzenhaus' monograph "Legality and Legitimacy: Carl Schmitt, Hans Kelsen and Hermann Heller in Weimar" (1999), and the application of his findings to recent developments in Romania and Hungary.
The workshop is interdisciplinary. Participants include members of the departments of philosophy, law and international studies of the University of Kent, and members of the EU Commission, and decision-makers in the Romanian and Hungarian political and and legal systems.
Time: Saturday, 6 April 2013
Location: Brussels School of International Studies (BSIS)
Participating institutions:
University of Kent, Departments of International Studies, Philosophy, Law
University of Bucharest, Department of Political Science
European Inter-University Centre for Human Rights and Democratisation, Venice
Organisers:
Dr. Edward Kanterian, Department of Philosophy, University of Kent,
Prof. Iulia Motoc, Constitutional Court of Romania
Dr. Eleanor Curran, Department of Law, University of Kent
Prof. Harm Schepel, Brussels School of International Studies
For more information, please me me at [email protected]
http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.science.philosophy.region.europe/2927