Living Constitutions (LAW-DS-LIVCON-26)
LAW-DS-LIVCON-26
| Department |
LAW |
| Course category |
LAW Seminar - 3 credits |
| Course type |
Seminar |
| Academic year |
2026-2027 |
| Term |
3RD TERM |
| Credits |
3 (EUI Law credits) |
| Professors |
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| Contact |
Law Department administration,
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| Sessions |
06/04/2027 14:00-16:00 @ Sala dei Cuoi
13/04/2027 14:00-16:00 @ Sala dei Cuoi
20/04/2027 14:00-16:00 @ Sala dei Cuoi
27/04/2027 14:00-16:00 @ Sala dei Cuoi
04/05/2027 14:00-16:00 @ Sala dei Cuoi
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| Reading list |
Link
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| Enrolment info |
Contact lawadmin@eui.eu for enrolment details. |
Description
What can the socio-legal and historical study of constitutions offer? Looking beyond constitutions as reduced to a textual embodiment of the polity’s fundamental commitments reveals a world of experiences: understandings of rights and principles predating the enactment of the text itself; various constituencies mobilising to make constitutional provisions deliver for them; occasionally, veneration of a text of a bygone era that ends up constraining more than it enables; legacies of authoritarianism intertwined with new democratic aspirations; and much more. The aim of this course is to expose researchers to a curated list of sociological and historical studies of constitutional arrangements, with a view to better understanding the socio-legal turn in comparative constitutional studies.
Course reading list: https://readinglist.eui.eu/leganto/public/39EUI_INST/lists/4301444440008406?auth=SAML&idpCode=SAML_LEGANTO
First, Second & Third Term: registration from 21 to 25 September 2026
Page last updated on 28 September 2026