TriCON Seminar - Constitutional Identity and Amendment
TriCON Seminar Series in association with the Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence.
Date & Time: Wednesday, 15 March, 1pm - 2pm
Location: Online
Registration for the event can be completed: HERE
Some constitutional amendment powers explicitly preclude amendments that depart too greatly from the existing constitution. But is this just a contingent feature of certain constitutions? Or does it reflect a necessary truth about all constitutions? In this paper, I explore and ultimately reject Gary Jacobsohn's claim that the amendment of a constitution must be consistent with that constitution's identity. This has significant implications for constitutional identity, amendment, and how we approach comparative constitutional law.
- Speaker: Professor Oran Doyle
- Commentator Professor Rachael Walsh
- Chair: Professor Aileen Kavanagh
TRiCON is supported by the Erasmus+ Programme of the European Union through the Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence in Law and Politics, Trinity College Dublin.
