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TriCON Seminar Series - October 2022.

TriCON Seminar Series in association with the Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence.

TriCON (The Trinity Centre for Constitutional Governance) is supported by Erasmus+ and the Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence in Law and Politics, Trinity College Dublin.

October 25th 4.30-6pm, Room 11, Law School, TCD.

Professor Mark Tushnet, William Nelson Cromwell Professor of Law, Harvard Law School. Power to the People: Constitutionalism in an Age of Populism, by Mark Tushnet & Bojan Bugaric (OUP, 2021).

Self-described populist leaders around the world are dismantling their nation's constitutions. This has led to a widespread view that populism as such is inconsistent with constitutionalism. This book proposes that some forms of populism are inconsistent with constitutionalism, while others aren't. Context and detail matter.

  • Speaker: Professor Mark Tushnet, Harvard Law School.
  • Commentators: Professors Surya Roy, Constantine Boussalis & Aileen Kavanagh.
  • Chair: Professor Rachael Walsh (TCD).

    • October 26th, Lunchtime Seminar 1-2pm, Room 11, Law School, TCD.

    ‘Constitutionalism: For and Against’.

  • Speaker: Professor Mark Tushnet, Harvard Law School.
  • Commentator: Professor Oran Doyle (TCD) & Professor Aileen Kavanagh (TCD).
  • Chair: Ursula Ní Choill.


    • All are welcome to these events. For queries please contact aileen kavanagh at tcd.ie

    These seminars are supported by Erasmus+ Programme of the European Union through the Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence in Law and Politics, Trinity College Dublin.