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Conference Announcement Theme: Transnational Societal Constitutionalism Type: International Conference Institution: Hague Institute for the Internationalisation of Law (HiiL) International University College of Turin (IUC) Collegio Carlo Alberto Location: Turin (Italy) Date: 17.–19.5.2012 __________________________________________________ From 17 until 19 May 2012, Gunther Teubner and Anna Beckers will organise an international conference on Transnational Societal Constitutionalism. The conference will be hosted by HiiL, the International University College of Turin (IUC) and the Collegio Carlo Alberto. It will take place at the Collegio Carlo Alberto, Torino. Programme Thursday, May 17th 09:30 - 10:00 Welcome & Registration 10:00 - 10:30 Introduction: New constitutional conflicts Gunther Teubner, Turin & Anna Beckers, Maastricht I. Beyond nation state constitutions: The move to the ‘societal’ and to the ‘transnational’ Chair: Hans Lindahl 10:30 - 11:20 A sociology of constituent power: The political code of transnational societal constitutions Christopher Thornhill, Glasgow 11:20 - 11:50 Coffee break & posters 11:50 - 12:40 The elusive social dimension of ‘societal constitutionalism’ Emilios Christodoulidis, Glasgow II. New constitutional subjects: Transnational regimes, the cosmopolitan state, global assemblages? Chair: Michiel Scheltema 12:40 -13:30 Constitutionalism and global private ordering Mattias Kumm, New York 13:30 - 15:00 Lunch break & posters 15:00 - 15:50 We and cyberlaw: Constitutionalism and the inclusion/exclusion difference Hans Lindahl, Tilburg 15:50 - 16:40 Enabling constitutions: The new constitutional framework in the age of access Riccardo Prandini, Bologna 16:40 - 17:10 Coffee break & posters 17:10 - 18:00 Emergent globally bordered spaces: Anti-terrorism, global finance, and so much more Saskia Sassen, New York Friday, May 18th III. Constitutional arenas Chair: Paul Schiff Berman 09:30 - 10:20 Occupy the system! Societal constitutionalism and the global economy Moritz Renner, Berlin 10:20 - 11:10 Private governance of knowledge: Societally crafted IP regimes Dan Wielsch, Cologne 11:10 - 11:40 Coffee break & posters 11:40 - 12:30 Constitution making and constitutive power of the commons Ugo Mattei, Turin 12:30 - 14:00 Lunch break & posters 14:00 - 14:50 Constitutionalisation of non-governmental certification programmes Jaye Ellis, Montreal IV. Collisions of transnational constitutions Chair: Alfred Aman 14:50 - 15:40 Procedural principles for managing global legal pluralism Paul Schiff Berman, Washington D.C. 15:40 - 16:10 Coffee break & posters 16:10 - 17:00 Conflicts-law constitutionalism, societal constitutionalism and the power of technicity Christian Joerges, Bremen Saturday, May 19th 09:30 - 10:20 The constitutionalism of trans-normative Law – Towards a general theory Poul Kjaer, Copenhagen V. Human rights and private power Chair: Christopher Thornhill 10:20 - 11:10 Fundamental rights, private law and societal constitution: On the logic of the so-called horizontal effect Florian Rödl, Frankfurt 11:10 - 11:40 Coffee break & posters 11:40 - 12:30 Corporate constitutionalism from below: The role of NGOs and social movements Gavin Anderson, Glasgow 12:30 - 13:20 Hierarchical power arrangements and horizontal effects in human rights regimes Larry Catá Backer, Carlisle, Pennsylvania For more information and registration, please contact: Anna Beckers Phone +31 43 3883138 Email: [email protected] Web: http://www.hiil.org/events/conference __________________________________________________ InterPhil List Administration: http://interphil.polylog.org Intercultural Philosophy Calendar: http://cal.polylog.org __________________________________________________
