Call for Papers: Constitutional Adjudication, between Pluralism and Unity

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Call for Papers: Constitutional Adjudication, between Pluralism and Unity

(IACL Roundtable on ‘Constitutional Adjudication: Traditions and Horizons’)

LUISS University, Rome, 5-6 May 2017

Conference Subject-Matter

Constitutional adjudication has expanded almost throughout the globe and taken a transnational dimension and yet it has come into increased scrutiny and attacks. There have been some traditional boundaries controversies, involving the relationship between the constitution and politics, that have become more acute due to several challenges, including populism and illiberal ideologies. In addition, social movements have always interacted with the perception of constitutional norms and their adjudication. In the United States, for example, culture wars started in the 1970’s and 1980’s intensified popular focus on key constitutional decisions. With globalization the same culture wars have become virtually world-wide and the judicial fora where they are litigated have also expanded on a transnational scale. In the face of such challenges, constitutional adjudication nearly worldwide has…

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