TriCON Seminars - December 2022 & January 2023

TriCON (The Trinity Centre for Constitutional Governance) is supported by Erasmus+ and the Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence in Law and Politics, Trinity College Dublin.

TriCON Constitutional Conversation - Constitutional Roundtable on Citizens’ Assemblies in Ireland.

December 6th 2022, 12.30-2pm, Room 11, House 39, Trinity College Dublin.

Speakers:

Prof Laura O’Cahillane (UL)

Prof Rachael Walsh (TCD)

Tom Hickey (DCU)

A Constitutional Conversation on Popular Constitutionalism

January 10th 2023, 5pm, Room 11, House 39, Trinity College Dublin.

Speakers:

Professor Tom Gerald Daly, Associate Professor and Deputy Director, Melbourne School of Government

Professor Aileen Kavanagh, Professor of Constitutional Governance and Director of TriCON, Trinity College Dublin

Chair: Professor David Kenny, Trinity College Dublin.

As the global narrative surrounding constitutional democracy has been increasingly dominated in recent years by democratic decay and the idea that democracies have lost their way, it is important to discuss the range of counter-trends to this phenomenon, especially from the vantage point of states such as Ireland and Australia. In this constitutional conversation, Tom Daly and Aileen Kavanagh will discuss three key issues: criteria for establishing ‘democratic decay’; the relevance of deliberative bodies such as citizens' assemblies in contributing to popular constitutionalism; and the challenges of 'constitutional repair' in a range of states affected by democratic degradation, such as the US, UK, Poland, and Brazil.

All are welcome to these events. For queries please contact aileen kavanagh at tcd.ie

These seminars are supported by Erasmus+ Programme of the European Union through the Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence in Law and Politics, Trinity College Dublin.