Constitution Drafting in Post-Conflict States
A Symposium Sponsored by
The Institute of Bill of Rights Law
William & Mary School of Law
Friday and Saturday, February 16 & 17, 2007
Whether the questions concern the political power for Sunni Muslims in post-Saddam Iraq or the
appropriate role for sharia law in post-Taliban Afghanistan, drafting constitutions in the aftermath
of large-scale ethnic or religious strife is a perilous task. Constitution Drafting in Post-Conflict
States explores the practical and theoretical challenges facing those who seek to embed and
advance the rule of law in previously embattled regions. This symposium brings together leading
scholars in Comparative Constitutional Law, who will use historical precedents and innovative
conceptual frameworks to examine the role of constitutions in diminishing violence and
establishing enduring structures for inclusive governance.
Schedule:
Friday, February 16, 2007; 8:50 - 5:40 pm Saturday, February 17, 2007; 9:00 am - Noon.
Participants:
Angela Banks William & Mary School of Law
Balakrishnan Rajagopal MIT Department of Urban Studies and Planning
Paul Carrington Duke Law School
James Gathii Albany Law School
Tom Ginsburg University of Illinois College of Law
Ran Hirschl University of Toronto
Donald Horowitz Duke Law School
Vicki Jackson Georgetown University Law Center
Inga Markovits University of Texas School of Law
Rani D. Mullen College of William & Mary, Government Department
Robert Post Yale Law School
Kim Lane Scheppele Princeton University, Sociology Department
Karol Soltan University of Maryland, Department of Government and Politics
Jane Stromseth Georgetown University Law Center
J Alexander Thier United States Institute of Peace
Mark Tushnet Harvard Law School
William Van Alstyne William & Mary School of Law
Ruth Wedgwood Johns Hopkins University
Jennifer Widner Princeton University, Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International
Affairs
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. This program is free and open to the public.
Co-sponsored by the Human Rights and National Security Law Program
Papers from this will be published in the William & Mary Law Review