CAROL Lab
CANCELED - Constitutional Amendment and the Rule of Law
Fri
Apr
14
THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELED
What does the rule of law mean and what is its relationship to other important legal/political principles? Does the rule of law favor rigid or flexible amendment rules? Should certain elements of a constitution be unamendable? Does the rule of law require new constitutions to be enacted in accordance with the amendment rules of their predecessors? Should the courts be given the power to review amendments on formal or substantive grounds?
Speakers:
- Paolo Carozza
- Richard Albert
- Maxime St-Hilaire
Moderator: Christina Bambrick
Presented by the Kellogg Institute Constitutionalism and Ruleof Law (CAROL) Policy and Practice Lab.
Speakers / Related People
Paolo G. Carozza
Previously the director of the Kellogg Institute for International Studies (2012-2022), Paolo Carozza is professor of law and concurrent professor of political science at the University of Notre Dame. With expertise in comparative constitutional law, human rights, law and development, and international law, he focuses his research on Latin America, Western Europe, and international themes more broadly...