The Constitutional Law and Politics Working Group is open to all EUI members who are interested in questions broadly relating to democracy, constitutionalism, and the interplay between law and politics. Current members of the WG have diverse research interests relating to, inter alia, constitutional backsliding, political crises, constitutional identity, constitutional rights, constitutional review, constitutional pluralism, the rule of law, populism, citizenship and democracy. Researchers working in areas of constitutional and political theory, legal and political philosophy, as well as history of ideas are particularly welcome.
We regularly host seminars (at which EUI researchers can present their work), talks with guest speakers and book launches. In addition, we run the “Constitutional Coffee” series, which provides a forum for academic exchange in a less formal sense. If you want to get in touch, send us an email at [email protected].
Events Academic Year 2023-2024
- 15.09.2023, European Constitutional Imaginaries, between Ideology and Utopia – Roundtable book symposium
- 23.10.2023, Social Rights, Culture, Crisis, and Austerity: The Strange Case of Ireland
- 30.10.2023, Economic Constitutionalism in a Turbulent World – Book Presentation
- 31.10.2023, ConstPol Book Presentation with Gabor Halmai EUI Internal Event
- 02.11.2023, The Abuse of Constitutional Identity in the European Union – book presentation with the EU Law WG
- 07.11.2023, What's Next for Poland? A Discussion on the Polish Election Results
- 13.11.2023, Responsive Judicial Review: Democracy and Dysfunction in the Modern Age
- 20.11.2023, Structural Injustice and Workers' Rights with the Human and Fundamental Rights WG
- 19.01.2024, The Individual in the Economic and Monetary Union
- 13.02.2024, Exceptional Power and Authoritarian Constitutionalism in Hungary with the EU Law WG
- 04.03.2024, Thoughtfulness and the Rule of Law
- 06.03.2024, Collegiality in the European Commission: Legal Substance and Institutional Practice
- 29.03.2024, Horizontal Rights: An Institutional Approach with human rights WG
- 08.04.2024, Legality and Authoritarian Legality
- 17.04.2024, Militant Democracy Unmoored? The Limits of Constitutional Analogy in International Law
- 21.05.2024, Abysmal Jurisprudence: On the Genesis of John Finnis’s Practical Guide to Statesmen
- 04.06.2024, Constitutionalising Transitional Justice Under Radbruch’s Dilemma in Bosnia and Herzegovina
- 05.06.2024, Abortion and the Limits of Liberal Constitutionalism
- 10.06.2024, Constitutionalism and Transnational Governance Failures with IELP WG