Melbourne Institute for Comparative Constitutional Law 2024

Series of workshops that make up this year’s
Melbourne Institute of Comparative Constitutional Law

Wednesday 27 November 2024

Room G01
Ground Floor
Melbourne Law School

Comparative Constitutional Studies Special Issue Workshop: After the Referendum

 Session 1 - Hybrid

11:30am
to
1.00pm
(AEDT)

The People as a Collective Actor in Referendums

  • Presenters: Li Kung Chen and Oran Doyle
  • Commentators: Stephanie Collins and Lulu Weis

After the Voice

  • Presenter: Cheryl Saunders
  • Commentator: Anna Dziedzic and Adrienne Stone
  Session 2 - Online only

7.00pm
to 9.00pm
(AEDT) 

8.30am - 10.30am
(Warwick, Dublin, Newscastle) 

Amending the Dual Constituent Deficit: Taiwan’s Tragic Deliberative Choice in the Constitutional Quest for Sovereignty

  • Presenter: Ming Sung Kuo
  • Commentators: Chien-chi Lin, Yen-Tu Su

How to lose a referendum in Ireland: the challenges of practical and symbolic constitutional change

  • Presenter: David Kenny
  • Commentators: Tom Daly and Eoin Carolan

Randomly Selected Constitutional Conventions: A Theoretical Exploration

  • Presenter: Ian O'Flynn
  • Comentator: Rehan Abeyratne and Leah Trueblood

Thursday 28 November 2024

Woodward Conference Centre
Level 10
Melbourne Law School

Tang Prize Workshop: The Interface between Domestic Constitutional and External Legal orders

12.30pm - 1.30pmOpening Lunch
Session 1 - In person only

1.30pm - 3.30pm

Overview and Presentation of Case Studies

  • Overview: Cheryl Saunders
  • Presentations: Trina Malone and Rohan Nanthakumar
Session 2 - Hybrid

5.00pm
to 7.00pm
(AEDT) 

7.00am - 9.00am
(Münster, Paris) 

Workshop 2: Background Paper, Brainstorming and Future Plans

A background paper and a number of case studies will be distributed for discussion.  Pre-reading is essential.

  • Introduction and Overview: Adrienne Stone and Anna Dziedzic
7.30pmWorkshop Dinner

Friday 29 November 2024

Woodward Conference
South Room
Level 10
Melbourne Law School

  Manuscript Workshop - In person only

10:00am - 1.00pm

Manuscript Workshop: Incomplete Constitutions and Coordination in Deeply Divided Societies

  • Presenter: Shamshad Pasarlay
  • Panel:  Rehan Abeyratne, Cheryl Saunders and Rohan Edrisinha

Pre-reading is essential.

1.00pm - 2.00pm Closing Lunch