Schedule
Tuesday, December 15th
16:30 h. Inaugural Lecture
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Francisco J. Laporta (UAM). The reform of the constitution: concepts and tasks.
17:15 - 19:15 h. Roundtable 1: Constitutional reform as a process
Conference
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Roberto Gargarella (UBA). Constitutional change: law as a conversation between equals.
Speeches:
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Isabel Turégano (UCLM), Citizen participation and constitutional change.
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Ricardo Cueva (UAM). Constitutional rigidity and justifications of democracy.
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Yolanda Gómez (UC3M). The implicit procedural limits of constitutional reform.
Colloquium
Wednesday, December 16
12:00 - 14:00 h. Roundtable 2: Tasks for a constitutional reform (I).
Speakers:
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Jorge Urdánoz (UPNA). Is the constitution compatible with equality of vote? An unprecedented possibility: the Swedish model.
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Silvina Álvarez (UAM). The constitutional reception of private and family life.
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Fernando de los Santos (UAM). The constitutional reform of the freedom of parents to choose the religious and moral formation of their children.
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Ana Catalina Arango (IUE). Constitutional reform and institutional continuity: the role of the Colombian Constitutional Court in strengthening presidential power.
Colloquium
17:00 - 19:15 h. Roundtable 3: Constitutional reform and rigidity.
Conference
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Yaniv Roznai (IDC Herzliya). Constitutional Unamendability in an Age of Populism.
Lectures:
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Mariano Melero (UAM). The Implicit Limits to the Power of Constitutional Reform: problems of foundation and scope.
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Francisco Javier Pardo (UCLM). Reform, counter-reform or rupture: itineraries of constitutional change.
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José Mª Sauca (UC3M). Constitutional liquidity clauses as a procedure for constitutional change.
Colloquium
Thursday, December 17th
17:00 - 19:15 h. Roundtable 4: Tasks for a constitutional reform (II)
Conference
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Alain G. Gagnon (UQÀM). The Political Uses of Federalism: A Way out of the Spanish Impasse?
Lectures:
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Luis Rodríguez Abascal (UAM). The constitutional rigidity of political boundaries.
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Juan Carlos Bayón (UAM). Supranational integration and constitutional change: Can the rule of recognition be constitutionalized?
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Ascensión Elvira (UC3M). Constitutional reforms derived from Spain's membership of the European Union.
Colloquium
SPEAKERS

Silvina Álvarez
Autonomous University of Madrid

Ana Catalina Arango
University Institution of Envigado

Ricardo Cueva
Autonomous University of Madrid

Ascensión Elvira
University Carlos III of Madrid

Alain G. Gagnon
University of Quebec in Montreal

Roberto Gargarella
University of Buenos Aires

Francisco J. Laporta
Autonomous University of Madrid

Mariano C. Melero
Autonomous University of Madrid

Francisco Javier Pardo
University of Castilla-La Mancha

Luis Rodríguez Abascal
Autonomous University of Madrid

Yaniv Roznai
Interdisciplinary Center (IDC) Herzliya

Fernando de los Santos
Autonomous University of Madrid

José María Sauca
University Carlos III of Madrid

Isabel Turégano
University of Castilla-La Mancha

Jorge Urdánoz
Public University of Navarra
ORGANIZATION
Directors: Juan Carlos Bayón (UAM) and José Mª Sauca (UC3M)
Seminar organized within the framework of the coordinated project (UAM/UC3M) Constitutional reform: philosophical and legal problems, financed by the Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness and the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF). (DER2015-69217-C2-1-R / DER2015-69217-C2-2-R (MINECO/FEDER).
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With the collaboration of the Grants Program of the Faculty of Social and Legal Sciences of Universidad Carlos III de Madrid and the Research Group on Law and Justice.
More information: derechoyjusticia@uc3m.es
ViDEOS
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