The School of Law, School of Oriental and African Studies cordially invites you to the symposium on:
Law, Politics and Constitution-Making in the Arab Spring
20 March 2015, 15:25-19:00
Khalili Lecture Theatre
SOAS, University of London
Russell Square, London, UK
15:25: Welcome Notes
- Dr. Nimer Sultany, Law Department, SOAS
- Professor Matthew Craven, Dean, Faculty of Law & Social Sciences, SOAS
15:30 – 17:00: Panel I: Whose Constitution?
- Professor Mohamed Fadel, Toronto Law School, Constitutionalism, Democracy and Political Division: the Virtues of a Modus Vivendi
- Dr. Nadia Marzouki, European University Institute, The Politics of Compromise from the Constitutional Debate to Elections
- Hedayat Heikal, Harvard Law School, The Puzzle of the Persisting Faith in Constitutionalism
Discussant: Dr. Scott Newton, Law Department, SOAS
Moderator: Professor Mashood Baderin, UN Independent Expert on the situation of human rights in the Sudan; Law Department, SOAS
17:30 – 19:00: Panel II: The Politics of Rule of Law
- Hossam Bahgat, Journalism School, Columbia University, The State of Human Rights in Post-Revolutionary Egypt
- Dr. Adam Hanieh, Development Studies, SOAS, `State-Building`, Economy and the Rule of Law
- Dr. Afaf Jabiri, SOAS, Gendering the Arab Revolutions: Women`s Rights and the Challenge of Insecurity
Discussant: Professor Nadje Al-Ali, Center for Gender Studies, SOAS
Moderator: Professor Lynn Welchman, Law Department, SOAS
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Registration: http://store.soas.ac.uk/browse/extra_info.asp?compid=1&modid=1&deptid=19&catid=80&prodvarid=310
Ticket Prices:
- Standar Ticker: £10
- Student Ticket: £5
- SOAS Students and Staff: Free Ticket
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For more information, contact: Nimer Sultany, ns30@soas.ac.uk
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