Global Symposium on Constitutional Amendmend in Latin America

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Conocimos a Richard Albert (su web acá) que es una suerte de X-Men del derecho comparado y también a la leyenda colombiana Carlos Bernal Pulido. Además visitamos al viejo amigo que conocimos en Bremen, Juliano Zaiden Benvindo, promesa del derecho constitucional brasilero, sin duda.

Seguimos y salud!

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Programa de Pós-Graduação em Direito da Universidade de Brasília irá realizar, nos dias 29 e 30 de setembro de 2016, o Global Symposium on Constitutional Amendment and Replacement in Latin America, reunindo grandes pesquisadores nacionais e estrangeiros para discutir os desdobramentos do direito constitucional latino-americano em perspectiva comparada. 

O evento é organizado pelos Professsores Richard Albert (Boston College), Juliano Zaiden Benvindo (UnB) e Carlos Bernal (Macquarie) e conta com apoio da International Society of Public Law (ICON-S), do Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq), da Fundação de Apoio à Pesquisa do Distrito Federal (FAP-DF), e da Associação de Ex-Alunos da Faculdade de Direito da Universidade de Brasília (Alumni Direito.UnB). 

A abertura do evento contará com a apresentação de palestra do Ministro Luís Roberto Barroso, do Supremo Tribunal Federal. Ao longo dos dois dias, serão realizadas mesas redondas em que os palestrantes e debatedores irão apresentar e discutir suas pesquisas na temática do evento. O evento também inaugurará o Centro de Pesquisa em Direito Constitucional Comparado da Universidade de Brasília. 

 Seguem a descrição, em inglês, do evento e a programação. 

-- The Graduate Program in Law of the University of Brasília will hold, on September 29-30, the Global Symposium on Constitutional Amendment and Replacement in Latin America, when researchers from distinct countries will discuss the most current developments in Latin American constitutionalism in a comparative perspective. The event is convened by Richard Albert (Boston College), Juliano Zaiden Benvindo (UnB) and Carlos Bernal (Macquarie), under the auspices of The International Society of Public Law (ICON-S), Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq), Fundação de Apoio à Pesquisa do Distrito Federal (FAP-DF), and the Alumni of the University of Brasília Law School. 

Justice Luís Roberto Bardoso, of the Brazilian Supreme Court, will deliver the keynote address. During the two days, there will be roundtables where participants and discussants will present and discuss their researches on the subject of the event. 

The event will also launch the Center for Comparative Constitutional Research of the University of Brasília.

A Global Symposium on

Constitutional Amendment and Replacement in Latin America

University of Brasília Law School Campus Universitário Darcy Ribeiro Brasília-DF, Brazil

September 29-30, 2016

Convened by

Juliano Zaiden Benvindo (University of Brasília)

Richard Albert (Boston College)

Carlos Bernal (Macquarie)

With the Support of

Boston College Law School

University of Macquarie School of Law

Under the Auspices of

The International Society of Public Law (ICON-S)

Thursday, September 29

9:00am Welcoming Remarks

Juliano Zaiden Benvindo (University Brasília)

9:15am Keynote Address

Justice Luis Roberto Barroso

Supreme Court of Brazil / Rio de Janeiro State University

Title TBC

Joaquim Nabuco Auditorium, UnB Law School

10:15am Break

10:30am Plenary Address

Carlos Bernal (Macquarie)

Constitution-Making (without Constituent) Power

Joaquim Nabuco Auditorium, UnB Law School

11:00am Plenary Address

Richard Albert (Boston College)

Amendment and Revision in the Unmaking of Constitutions

Joaquim Nabuco Auditorium, UnB Law School

11:30am Plenary Address

Juliano Zaiden Benvindo (University of Brasília)

“Global South” Syndrome in Latin America? Methodological Dilemmas in a Changing Region.

Joaquim Nabuco Auditorium, UnB Law School

12:00pm Break

2:30pm Panel Discussion: Mechanisms of Formal Constitutional Change

Chair: Richard Albert (Boston College)

Discussant: Virgílio Afonso da Silva (University of São Paulo)

Leonardo Augusto de Andrade Barbosa (CEFOR, Brazilian Chamber of Deputies)

Legislative Process and Constitutional Change in Brazil: On the Pathologies of the Procedure of Amending the 1988 Constitution

Mariana Velasco Rivera (Yale)

Mexico’s Constitutional Entrenchment Mirage

Cristiano Paixão (University of Brasília)

Between Ordinary and Extraordinary: The Struggle for Constitutional Change in Post-1988 Brazil

Francisca Pou Giménez (Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México) & Andrea Pozas-Loyo (Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México)

The Paradox of Mexican Self-Reinforcing Hyper-Reformism: Enabling Peaceful Transition while Blocking Democratic Consolidation

Joaquim Nabuco Auditorium, UnB Law School

7:00pm Dinner

Friday, September 30

9:00pm Panel Discussion: Stability and Change in Latin American Constitutionalism

Chair: Juliano Zaiden Benvindo (University of Brasília)

Discussant: Marcelo Neves (University of Brasília)

Fernando José Gonçalves Acunha (University of Brasília/UniCEUB) Stability and Change in Latin America: The Ever Present Authoritarianism and the Democratic Capacities of the New Latin-American Constitutions

Miguel Calmon Dantas (Federal University of Bahia/UNIFACS)

Between Change and Stability: The Unamendable Constitutional Rules in Times of Crisis

Breno Baía Magalhães (University of Amazônia/FIBRA)

Subnational Constitutionalism and Constitutional Change in Brazil: The Impact of Federalism in Constitutional Stability

Pablo Contreras (Universidad Alberto Hurtado) & Domingo Lovera (Universidad Diego Portales)

A Constituted Constituent Power? Chile’s Struggle to Replace Pinochet’s Constitution

Joaquim Nabuco Auditorium, UnB Law School

2:30pm Panel Discussion: Judicial Review and Constitutional Change

Chair: Carlos Bernal (Macquarie)

Discussant: Conrado Hübner Mendes (University of São Paulo)

Discussant: Mohamed Arafa (Indiana University/University of Alexandria)

Eneida Desiree Salgado (Federal University of Paraná) & Carolina Alves das Chagas (Federal University of Paraná)

The Judicial Review of Constitutional Amendments in Brazil and the Super-Countermajoritarian Role of the Brazilian Supreme Court – The Case of the “ADI 5017”

Gonzalo Andrés Ramírez-Cleves (Universidad Externado de Colombia)

Constitutional Amendments in the Colombian Peace Process

Diego Werneck Arguelhes (Getúlio Vargas Foundation) & Mariana Mota Prado (University of Toronto)

Interpreting Reforms: Supreme Court Reversal of Constitutional Reforms in Democratic Brazil in the 90s.

Joaquim Nabuco Auditorium, UnB Law School

5:00pm Break

5:30pm Panel Discussion: Text and Reality in Constitutional Change

Chair: Richard Albert (Boston College)

Discussant: Lucas Arrimada (University of Buenos Aires/University of Palermo)

Ana Beatriz Robalinho (Yale/University of São Paulo)

Constitutional Mutation: Informal Amendment and Democratic Legitimacy in Brazil

Alexandre Araújo Costa (University of Brasília) & Guilherme Sena de Assunção (UniCEUB) 

Corporatist Amendments and Checks and Balances in Brazilian Constitutionalism

Room A1-04, UnB Law School

6:30pm Closing Remarks

Juliano Zaiden Benvindo (University Brasília)

7:00pm Closing Dinner