Menu
  • Richard Albert
  • Biography
  • Books
  • The Leaflet
  • Philanthropy
    • Yvette Depestre Award
    • Frederick Albert Scholarship
    • Wilda and John Maase Prize in Canadian Studies
    • Jamie Cameron Bursary
    • Bloom-Greenfield Prize
    • John C. Major Scholarship
    • Annual Fundraiser for Haitian Children
  • Recommended Readings
  • Webinars
    • Courses
      • Advanced Research Seminar in Constitutional Change
      • Constitutional Amendment in Constitutional Democracies
      • Judging in Times of Crisis
      • The Future of Liberal Democracy
      • Modern Challenges in Constitutionalism
      • The State of Canada's Constitutional Democracy
      • The Theory and Design of Constitutional Change
    • Seminars
      • Constitutional Renewal in Chile
      • Amendment-Mania in Mexico
      • The Architecture of Constitutional Amendment
      • Constitutional Autocratization in Russia
      • Constitutional Reform in Kenya
      • Democracy in our Digital Age
      • Is the United States Constitution Broken?
      • Juristocracy in Brazil?
      • Reimagining Policing in America
      • Socialism and Constitutionalism
      • Substitution of the Constitution Doctrine in Colombia
    • Discussion
      • Doctoral Workshop on Constitutional Amendment
      • Global Colloquium in Constitutional Law
      • The Living Presidency
      • Supreme Disorder
    • Advice
      • How to Write a Book Proposal
      • The Law Faculty Hiring Process
      • Clerking at the Supreme Court of Canada
      • Publishing in Constitutional Law
      • Writing a Book Proposal
  • Best of Books
    • The Best of 2022
    • The Best of 2021
    • The Best of 2020
  • Global Summit on Constitutionalism
  • Richard Albert
  • Biography
  • Books
  • The Leaflet
  • Philanthropy
    • Yvette Depestre Award
    • Frederick Albert Scholarship
    • Wilda and John Maase Prize in Canadian Studies
    • Jamie Cameron Bursary
    • Bloom-Greenfield Prize
    • John C. Major Scholarship
    • Annual Fundraiser for Haitian Children
  • Recommended Readings
  • Webinars
    • Courses
      • Advanced Research Seminar in Constitutional Change
      • Constitutional Amendment in Constitutional Democracies
      • Judging in Times of Crisis
      • The Future of Liberal Democracy
      • Modern Challenges in Constitutionalism
      • The State of Canada's Constitutional Democracy
      • The Theory and Design of Constitutional Change
    • Seminars
      • Constitutional Renewal in Chile
      • Amendment-Mania in Mexico
      • The Architecture of Constitutional Amendment
      • Constitutional Autocratization in Russia
      • Constitutional Reform in Kenya
      • Democracy in our Digital Age
      • Is the United States Constitution Broken?
      • Juristocracy in Brazil?
      • Reimagining Policing in America
      • Socialism and Constitutionalism
      • Substitution of the Constitution Doctrine in Colombia
    • Discussion
      • Doctoral Workshop on Constitutional Amendment
      • Global Colloquium in Constitutional Law
      • The Living Presidency
      • Supreme Disorder
    • Advice
      • How to Write a Book Proposal
      • The Law Faculty Hiring Process
      • Clerking at the Supreme Court of Canada
      • Publishing in Constitutional Law
      • Writing a Book Proposal
  • Best of Books
    • The Best of 2022
    • The Best of 2021
    • The Best of 2020
  • Global Summit on Constitutionalism
Research, writing, consulting on the rule of law, democracy,  and constitutionalism.

richard[at]richardalbert.com
617.213.0316 [office]
617.756.2622 [mobile]

Conference on "The Future of Liberal Democracy" at The University of Texas at Austin, February 21-23, 2019

9/3/2018

 
Picture
Liberal democracy is under attack in many countries across the globe. It is under stress in several others. And in those countries where liberal democracy remains strong, political actors are bracing for what may come. On February 21-23, 2019, my faculty colleague Sandy Levinson and I will convene a major international conference on The Future of Liberal Democracy here at The University of Texas at Austin. Our program will gather 30 outstanding scholars from around the world to diagnose what ails liberal democracy and also to debate what can be done to save it. Panelists will examine the erosion of constraints executive power, the growing practice of constitutional replacement by constitutional amendment, as well as legal and political strategies for managing difference and diversity. In addition, panelists will discuss two provocative questions: (1) Is the Trump phenomenon an instance of American exceptionalism or is it part of larger global trend?; and (2) Is illiberal constitutionalism an oxymoron? All are welcome to attend this important program. The draft schedule follows below. For information on suggested travel and accommodation, please contact my colleague Trish Do by email at tdo[at]law.utexas.edu. 
--Richard Albert 

The Future of Liberal Democracy
The University of Texas at Austin
School of Law

February 21-23, 2019
Austin, Texas

Convened by 

Richard Albert
William Stamps Farish Professor of Law, The University of Texas at Austin
Sandy Levinson
W. St. John Garwood and W. St. John Garwood, Jr. Centennial Chair in Law; Professor of Government, The University of Texas at Austin

Thursday, February 21

Welcoming Remarks
3:00pm

Ward Farnsworth (Texas)
Richard Albert (Texas)

Opening Keynote Conversation
3:15pm-5:15pm

Jack Balkin (Yale) and Sandy Levinson (Texas)
In conversation with Michelle Goldberg (New York Times)

Friday, February 22

Session I: Illiberal Constitutionalism: An Oxymoron?
9:00am-10:45am

Jan-Werner Müller (Princeton) 
Vlad Perju (BC) 
Wojciech Sadurski (Sydney) 
Kim-Lane Scheppele (Princeton) 

Session II: The Erosion of Constraints on Executive Power
11:00am-12:45pm

Asli Bâli (UCLA) 
Mark Graber (Maryland) 
Russell Miller (Washington & Lee) 
Miguel Schor (Drake) 

Session III: Managing Difference and Diversity
2:00pm-3:45pm

Vicki Jackson (Harvard) 
Ayelet Shachar (Max Planck/Toronto) 
Kristen Stilt (Harvard) 
Sujit Choudhry (WZB Berlin) 

Session IV: Constitutional Identity, a panel in honor of Gary Jacobsohn 
4:00pm-5:45pm

Ran Hirschl (Toronto) 
Heinz Klug (Wisconsin) 
Hanna Lerner (Tel Aviv) 
Monika Polzin (Augsburg) 
With comments by Gary Jacobsohn (Texas)

Saturday, February 23

Session V: The Trump Phenomenon: American Exceptionalism or a Global Trend?
9:00am-10:45am

Samuel Issacharoff (NYU)
Scot Peterson (Oxford) 
Mark Tushnet (Harvard) 
Mila Versteeg (Virginia) 

Session VI: Constitutional Replacement by Constitutional Amendment
11:00am-12:45pm

Chair: Richard Albert (Texas)
Carlos Bernal (Constitutional Court of Colombia) 
John Dinan (Wake Forest)
Rosalind Dixon (UNSW) 
Sanford Levinson (Texas)

—END—     

Comments are closed.
  • Richard Albert
  • Biography
  • Books
  • The Leaflet
  • Philanthropy
    • Yvette Depestre Award
    • Frederick Albert Scholarship
    • Wilda and John Maase Prize in Canadian Studies
    • Jamie Cameron Bursary
    • Bloom-Greenfield Prize
    • John C. Major Scholarship
    • Annual Fundraiser for Haitian Children
  • Recommended Readings
  • Webinars
    • Courses
      • Advanced Research Seminar in Constitutional Change
      • Constitutional Amendment in Constitutional Democracies
      • Judging in Times of Crisis
      • The Future of Liberal Democracy
      • Modern Challenges in Constitutionalism
      • The State of Canada's Constitutional Democracy
      • The Theory and Design of Constitutional Change
    • Seminars
      • Constitutional Renewal in Chile
      • Amendment-Mania in Mexico
      • The Architecture of Constitutional Amendment
      • Constitutional Autocratization in Russia
      • Constitutional Reform in Kenya
      • Democracy in our Digital Age
      • Is the United States Constitution Broken?
      • Juristocracy in Brazil?
      • Reimagining Policing in America
      • Socialism and Constitutionalism
      • Substitution of the Constitution Doctrine in Colombia
    • Discussion
      • Doctoral Workshop on Constitutional Amendment
      • Global Colloquium in Constitutional Law
      • The Living Presidency
      • Supreme Disorder
    • Advice
      • How to Write a Book Proposal
      • The Law Faculty Hiring Process
      • Clerking at the Supreme Court of Canada
      • Publishing in Constitutional Law
      • Writing a Book Proposal
  • Best of Books
    • The Best of 2022
    • The Best of 2021
    • The Best of 2020
  • Global Summit on Constitutionalism