Forms of Pluralism and Democratic Constitutionalism

Chair: Astrid v. Busekist, Sciences Po Théorie Politique, and Jean Cohen, Columbia University

 

 

Friday June 17, Sciences Po, 56, rue Jacob, Paris

1. Empire to Federation? 1.30 – 3.30 pm

Chair: Astrid von Busekist, Sciences Po
• Emmanuelle Saada, Columbia University, “Legal Pluralism and the Constitution of the French Imperial Republic”.
• Fred Cooper, New York University, “Federation, Confederation, Territorial State: Debating a Post-imperial Future in French West Africa, 1945-1960”.
• Joshua Simon, Columbia University “José Marti’s Immanent Critique of American Imperialism”.
• Gary Wilder, CUNY, “Decolonization and Postnational Democracy”

 

 

2. Territorial and Non-Territorial Federations 4.00 – 6.00 pm

Chair: Andrew Arato, The New School

• Patrick Macklem University of Toronto, “Indigenous Peoples and the Canadian State: The Prospects of a Postcolonial Constitutional Pluralism”.
• Andreas Kalyvas, The New School, “Constituent Power and the Federal Imaginary: Popular Sovereignty beyond the State”.
• Jeff Miley, Cambridge, “Federacy crafted by national and international actors. Syria, Iraq, Turkey”

 

Saturday June 18, Reid Hall, 6, rue de Chevreuse, Paris

 

3. Federation, Decentralization, or Subsidiarity 10.00 -12.00 am

Chair: Astrid von Busekist, Sciences Po

• Yishai Blank, Tel Aviv University, “Religious and Secular Federalism in Israel”.
• Nadia Urbinati, Columbia University, “Subsidiarity and the Dilemma of the
liberal state.”
• Franz Mayer, University of Bielefeld, “Constitutional Pluralism and European 
Integration”.

 

4. Nomos Communities, Status Group Pluralism and Democratic Constitutionalism, 2.00 -4.00 pm

Chair: Jean Cohen, Columbia University

• Michael Karayanni, The Hebrew University Jerusalem, “Multiculturalism as Covering: The Case of Greek-Orthodox Jurisdiction over the Palestinian-Arab Laity in Israel”.
• Courtney Jung, University of Toronto, “The Politics of Horizontal Inequality: indigenous opposition to Wind Energy Development in Mexico”.
• Christophe Jaffrelot, Sciences Po, “The Questioning of Indian Secularism”.

 

5. Pluralism, Corporate Power and Sovereignty, 4.15 – 6.15 pm

Chair: Andrew Arato, The New School
• Katharina Pistor, Columbia University, “Legal Particularism: The Origins of Corporate Power”.
• Horatia Muir Watt, Sciences Po, “Global legal pluralism: a private international law perspective”.
• Tsilly Dagan, Bar Ilan University, “Tax Competition and the Unbundling of Sovereignty”
Closing Remarks: Andrew Arato, The New School 6.15 – 6.30

 

REGISTRATION: Astrid von Busekist / 06 51 30 60 63 / astrid.vonbusekist@sciencespo.fr