On 29 and 30 September and 1 October 2021, the international symposium Elemente einer diskursiven Grund- und Menschenrechtstheorie (Elements of a discursive theory of fundamental and human rights)...   Continue

On May 24, May 31 and June 7, at 2pm BRT, we host Yasser Kureshi (Oxford), Fábio de Sá e Silva (Oklahoma) and Anya Bernstein for our special...   Continue

The paperback edition of the book The Constitution of Brazil: a contextual analysis, by Virgilio Afonso da Silva, is now available. The book is part of the Constitutional...   Continue

The last volume of the Politics & Gender journal published an article by Luciana de Oliveira Ramos and Virgílio Afonso da Silva on the role of the electoral...   Continue

The International Dialogues in Constitutional Law event resumed its activities in the second semester of 2018 with the lecture “Is Transformative Constitutionalism an Illusion for the Global South?”,...   Continue

On October 17, 2018, our guest was Prof. Dr. Christopher Mbazira, professor at Makerere University in Uganda. From the analysis of constitutional jurisdiction and constitutionalism in three African...   Continue

The international debate on constitutional law has historically adhered to a hierarchy of sorts. Is it quite uncommon for the Brazilian academia to take up the work from...   Continue

Are a constitution and a constitutional court capable of effecting social transformation? These are some of the questions our next guest will be addressing. We are back this...   Continue

Few topics are as controversial in the public debate in Brazil as the financing of politics, particularly political parties. This will be one of the central subjects for...   Continue

The application for both master’s and doctorate degrees at the University of São Paulo Faculty of Law is open between June 18 and June 29, 2018. The research...   Continue

On Thursday, April 26, at 10am, our International Dialogues in Constitutional Law is back, with Professor Prof. Dr. Francisco J. Urbina (Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile). He will talk...   Continue

On 23 October 2017, we received Lee Epstein, from the Washington University in St. Louis. Professor Epstein is an expert in judicial behavior and has written several books...   Continue

On 18 September 2017, we received Gerald Rosenberg, from the University of Chicago and author of the influential book “The Hollow Hope: Can Courts Bring About Social Change?”....   Continue

On 11 September 2017, we welcomed Professor Leif Wenar, from the King’s College London and author of the book “Blood Oil: Violence and the Rules that Run the...   Continue

In the second meeting of the International Dialogues in Constitutional Law series in 2017, held on May 17, Anthony Pereira (King’s College London) presented his lecture entitled Progress...   Continue

In the first meeting of the International Dialogues in Constitutional Law series in 2017, on April 19, our guest was Roberto Gargarella, from the University of Buenos Aires...   Continue

Our International Dialogues in Constitutional Law series starts off 2017 with Roberto Gargarella (Univ. de Buenos Aires). Tomorrow, we host Professor Gargarella for his lecture “Too much ‘old’ in the ‘new’ Latin...   Continue

On November 3, 2016, Albie Sachs, former judge of the Constitutional Court of South Africa, held the closing lecture of the International Dialogues in Constitutional Law series in...   Continue

Our International Dialogues on Constitutional Law hosted Ralf Poscher (Universität Freiburg). He talked about freedom of assembly, drawing from his experience in devising a ‘master code’ for freedom...   Continue

On September 28, Daniel Bonilla, professor at the Los Andes University (Colombia), was the guest of the seventh meeting of the International Dialogues in Constitutional Law in 2016....   Continue

After the winter break, the International Dialogues in Constitutional Law series resumed with a lecture by Iddo Porat, from the College of Law and Business, Israel. Author of one of...   Continue

Our International Dialogues on Constitutional Law have three guests for the second semester of 2016. We will host Iddo Porat (College of Law and Business, Israel), Daniel Bonilla (Universidade Los Andes, Colombia),...   Continue

On June 1st took place the last round of the International Dialogues in Constitutional Law series. The group Constituição, Política e Instituições discussed “The Constitutional Court of South...   Continue

On May 4th, the series International Dialogues in Constitutional Law hosted Professor Alejandro Chehtman, from the Universidad Torcuato di Tella (Argentina), in order to discuss “The challenge of...   Continue

The second meeting from the International Dialogues in Constitutional Law series discussed political constitutionalism What is a political constitution? It was with this initial consideration that Marco Goldoni...   Continue

On April 20th, the series International Dialogues in Constitutional Law hosted Julio Rios-Figueroa, political scientist specialized in constitutional courts and Professor of the Centro de Investigación y Docencia...   Continue

First meeting of the 2016 International Dialogues on Constitutional Law series discusses gender relations and empowerment In the first event of the 2016 International Dialogues on Constitutional Law...   Continue

The International Dialogues in Constitutional Law event resumed its activities in the second semester of 2018 with the lecture “Is Transformative Constitutionalism an Illusion for the Global South?”,...   Continue

On October 17, 2018, our guest was Prof. Dr. Christopher Mbazira, professor at Makerere University in Uganda. From the analysis of constitutional jurisdiction and constitutionalism in three African...   Continue

On 18 September 2017, we received Gerald Rosenberg, from the University of Chicago and author of the influential book “The Hollow Hope: Can Courts Bring About Social Change?”....   Continue

On 11 September 2017, we welcomed Professor Leif Wenar, from the King’s College London and author of the book “Blood Oil: Violence and the Rules that Run the...   Continue

Our International Dialogues on Constitutional Law hosted Ralf Poscher (Universität Freiburg). He talked about freedom of assembly, drawing from his experience in devising a ‘master code’ for freedom...   Continue

On September 28, Daniel Bonilla, professor at the Los Andes University (Colombia), was the guest of the seventh meeting of the International Dialogues in Constitutional Law in 2016....   Continue

After the winter break, the International Dialogues in Constitutional Law series resumed with a lecture by Iddo Porat, from the College of Law and Business, Israel. Author of one of...   Continue

On June 1st took place the last round of the International Dialogues in Constitutional Law series. The group Constituição, Política e Instituições discussed “The Constitutional Court of South...   Continue

On May 4th, the series International Dialogues in Constitutional Law hosted Professor Alejandro Chehtman, from the Universidad Torcuato di Tella (Argentina), in order to discuss “The challenge of...   Continue

The second meeting from the International Dialogues in Constitutional Law series discussed political constitutionalism What is a political constitution? It was with this initial consideration that Marco Goldoni...   Continue

On April 20th, the series International Dialogues in Constitutional Law hosted Julio Rios-Figueroa, political scientist specialized in constitutional courts and Professor of the Centro de Investigación y Docencia...   Continue

First meeting of the 2016 International Dialogues on Constitutional Law series discusses gender relations and empowerment In the first event of the 2016 International Dialogues on Constitutional Law...   Continue