VIIIth World Congress of the IACL, Mexico 6-10 December 2010
Constitutions and Principles
The IACL holds a World Congress every 3-4 years. The eighth World Congress will take place in Mexico city, from 6 to 10 December 2010. It is organised by the Instituto de Investigaciones Jurídicas of the National Autonomous University of Mexico in collaboration with the Executive Committee of the IACL. We expect 500-600 participants to attend, from all regions of the world.
There are two principal formats for the scholarly program of the world congress: plenary sessions and workshops. Plenary sessions are addressed by invited speakers while workshops are open to participation by all scholars of constitutional law.
[Procedure for submitting a paper to a workshop]
Workshop 1 ‘Electoral systems and constitutional principles’
Workshop 3 ‘The media and constitutional principles’
Workshop 5 ‘Subnational constitutions’
Workshop 6 ‘The rule of law in the age of terrorism’
Workshop 7 ‘Multiculturalism and indigenous peoples’ rights’
Workshop 8 ‘Federalism as a constitutional principle’
Workshop 9 ‘Proportionality as a constitutional principle’
Workshop 10 ‘The indivisibility of human rights’
Workshop 12 ‘Foreign law: jurisprudence fertilization’
Workshop 13 ‘New trends in Latin-American constitutional law’
Workshop 14 ‘The principle of separation of powers revised’
Workshop 15 ‘The impact of international law on constitutional principles’
Workshop 16 ‘Constitutional principles and democratic transition’
Workshop 17 ‘How comparative is comparative constitutional law?’
Workshop 18 ‘Constitutional implications of regional integration’
