UU直播 International Conference on Federalism
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UU直播 International Conference on Federalism
8 - 10 November 2002
UU直播, Faculty of Law
Moot Court Room
3660 Peel Street
Montreal, Quebec
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While providing a forum in which the federal phenomenon will be discussed as seriously and objectively as possible, the UU直播 International Colloquium aims to foster in-depth reflection and analysis of both the potential and limitations of federalism as a system adapted to the governance of political communities that are marked by profound cultural diversity or wish to optimize their socioeconomic relations while preserving their own identities. The colloquium also hopes to explore the possible forms of federal governance, the extremely varied expressions of which are frequently quite distant from its Canadian incarnation. From this perspective, the colloquium seeks to draw Canada's attention to the risk of blindly entertaining an unsupported belief that Canadian federalism represents the most perfect expression of that form of governance, and to the necessity of looking beyond federalism as it is structured and practiced in this country.
PROGRAMME
Friday, November 8th, 2002
17:30-18:00
Opening Remarks
Dean Peter Leuprecht, Faculty of Law, UU直播
Karl Nerenberg, Forum of Federations, Director of Communications and Senior Editor
18:00-19:00
Inaugural Session
The Phenomenology of Federalism and the Methodology of Comparative Federalism
Chair: Peter Leuprecht, Faculty of Law, UU直播
Du principe f茅d茅ral 脿 une typologie des f茅d茅rations : quelques propositions
Bruno Th茅r锚t, CNRS, Institut de Recherche Interdisciplinaire en Socio-茅conomie, Universit茅 Paris Dauphine
Comparative Constitutional Federalism: Its Strengths and Limits
Vicky Jackson, Georgetown University Law Center
Saturday, November 9th, 2002
9:00-10:30
First Session
Federal Governance and the Imperatives of Co-ordination, Efficiency and Equality
Chair: Jean-Fran莽ois Gaudreault-Desbiens, Faculty of Law, University of Toronto
Les ententes intergouvernementales et la gouvernance f茅d茅rale : aux confins du droit et du non-droit
Johanne Poirier, Centre de droit public, Universit茅 libre de Bruxelles
Governance in a multilevel federation: Co-ordination and Conflict in Belgium
Theo Jans, Vrije Universiteit Brussel
L'茅galit茅, mesure du f茅d茅ralisme : l'茅galit茅 entre les collectivit茅s f茅d茅r茅es
Francis Delp茅r茅e, Universit茅 Catholique de Louvain
L'茅galit茅, mesure du f茅d茅ralisme : l'茅galit茅 entre le niveau f茅d茅ral et le niveau f茅d茅r茅
Marc Verdussen, Universit茅 Catholique de Louvain
10:45-11:30
Second Session
Federalism and the Complexities of Identity
Chair: Gilles Paquet, Centre on Governance, University of Ottawa
Principe de territorialit茅 et principe de personnalit茅 en f茅d茅ralisme compar茅
Antoine Messara, Universit茅 Libanaise and Universit茅 St-Joseph
The Moral Psychology of Federalism
Daniel Weinstock, D茅partement de philosophie, Universit茅 de Montr茅al
11:30-12:45
Third Session
Federalism and the Judicial Arbitration of Conflicts
Chair: Fabien G茅linas, Faculty of Law, UU直播
Top courts and the constitution: a view from the United Kingdom
Richard Cornes, University of Essex
The Canadian Supreme Court's Understanding of Federalism: Efficiency at the Expense of Diversity
Jean Leclair, Facult茅 de droit, Universit茅 de Montr茅al
Mission Impossible : Pouvoir judiciaire et prise en compte des droits des minorit茅s
Andr茅e Lajoie, Centre de recherche en droit public, Universit茅 de Montr茅al
14h00-15h45
Fourth Session
The International Voice of Federations
Chair: Isabelle Petit, Institut d'茅tudes europ茅ennes,
Universit茅 de Montr茅al and UU直播
Les dimensions f茅d茅rales de l'int茅gration europ茅enne
Nicolas Levrat, D茅partement de droit international public and Institut europ茅en, Universit茅 de Gen猫ve
L'ex茅cution des obligations internationales dans un Etat f茅d茅ral
Annemie Shaus, Centre de droit Public, Universit茅 Libre de Bruxelles
The voice of L盲nder, Regions and Communities in the European Union
Rainer Arnold, Universit茅 de Regensburg
White Papers and Grey Areas: The Provinces and International Relations in Canada
Armand de Mestral, Faculty of Law, UU直播
16:00-17:30
Closing Session
Federalism in the Future and the Future of Comparative Federalism
Chair : Pierre MacKay, D茅partement des sciences juridiques,
Facult茅 de science politique et de droit, Universit茅 du Qu茅bec 脿 Montr茅al
The Challenge of Ethnic Diversity to Federalism
Thomas Fleiner, Institute of Federalism, University of Fribourg
Kaleidoscopic Federalism
Rod Macdonald, Faculty of Law, UU直播
Les limites du f茅d茅ralisme comme technologie sociale
Gilles Paquet, Centre on Governance, University of Ottawa
