Events
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Center for Transnational Legal Studies
Invited Speaker
Book Launch
“The Entrenchment of Democracy: The Comparative Constitutional Design of Elections, Parties and Voting”
March 19, 2025
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Center for Transnational Legal Studies
CTLS Global Conference 2024
“Constitutionalism in Times of Crisis: Transnational Perspectives on Challenges & Ways Forward”
Co-Organizers: Yvonne Tew & Yuval Shany
May 9, 2024
Keynote Panel & CTLS Alumni Event: A Dialogue Between Constitutional Judges: Judging in Times of Crisis
Moderators: Yvonne Tew (Georgetown) and Yuval Shany (HUJI)
Keynote Speakers:
Brenda Hale, Baroness Hale of Richmond (Former President, U.K. Supreme Court)
Kate O’Regan (Professor of Human Rights Law & Director, Bonavero Institute of Human Rights, Oxford; Former Judge, Constitutional Court of South Africa)
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Vienna Lecture in Comparative Constitutional Law & Theory
Invited Speaker
Collaboration between Sigmund Freud University, University of Vienna, Central European University, & Paris Lodron University of Salzburg
“How Courts Self-Empower: Strategic Judicial Empowerment in Comparative Perspective”
March 12, 2024
“When courts seek to strengthen their own institutional power, they often need to be strategic. In many fraught political contexts, judiciaries lack a history of asserting authority against powerful political actors. How can courts with fragile authority establish and enhance judicial power? Yvonne Tew discusses the phenomenon of strategic judicial empowerment, exploring how and when courts around the world employ particular strategies aimed at enhancing their institutional position vis-à-vis other branches of government. Drawing on examples from apex courts in Pakistan, Malawi, Malaysia, and the United Kingdom, she discusses the ways in which judges use tools of statecraft to enhance the court’s role in the constitutional order.”
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University of Cambridge (McGrath Centre, St. Catharine’s College)
Invited Speaker
“How Courts Self-Empower: Constitutional Statecraft and Judicial Strategy”
February 20, 2024
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Durham Law School
Invited Speaker
“How Judges (Self) Empower: Strategies of Judicial Empowerment”
February 6, 2024
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Harvard Law School
Invited Speaker
Comparative Law Workshop
“Strategic Judicial Empowerment”
Workshop Co-Convenors: Professors William P. Alford, Intisar A. Rabb, Idriss Fofana
November 20, 2023
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Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne
Conference
Strategic Judicial Empowerment, Yvonne Tew
December 6, 2023
Discussants:
Manon Altwegg-Boussac (Université Paris Est Créteil)
Eleonora Bottini (Unicaen/ISJPS)
Julien Jeanneney (Université de Strasbourg)
Marie Gren (Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne)
Eugénie Merieau (Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne)
Raphael Paour (Université Paris Saclay)
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Oxford University Faculty of Law
Invited Speaker
Oxford Program in Asian Laws (OPAL) Seminar
"How Do Courts Use Statecraft Toward Self-Empowerment?”
November 3, 2023
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Trinity College Dublin
Invited Speaker
Trinity Centre for Constitutional Governance (TriCON) Seminar
October 17, 2023
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University of Bologna School of Law, Italy
Invited Presenter
“Comparative Constitutional History: Landmark Judgments” Conference
September 14 - 15, 2023
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University of Tokyo
Invited Presenter
"The New Comparative Political Process Theory" Symposium
April 24 - 25, 2023
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University of Chicago
Invited Commentator
"Comparative Constitutional Law: A Global and Interdisciplinary Approach"
Casebook Workshop
May 12 - 13, 2023
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Stanford Law School
Invited Presenter
Stanford Neukom Center, Rule of Law RoundTable
May 24 - 25, 2023
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Center for Transnational Legal Studies
Constitutional Democracy Roundtable 2022
“Constitutional Democracy Around the Globe: Contemporary Challenges & Future Direction”
Convenor: Yvonne Tew, Georgetown University Law Center
Panel 1: Judging in Times of Crisis
Yvonne Tew, Georgetown University Law Center (Chair)
Judge Basira, CTLS; former judge, Afghanistan
Judge Sosan, CTLS; former judge, Afghanistan
Madhav Khosla, Columbia Law School
Katharine Young, Boston College Law School
Panel 2: Free Expression, Misinformation, and Democracy
Jamal Greene, Columbia Law; Co-Chair of the Oversight Board (Chair)
Yasmin Dawood, University of Toronto
Samuel Issacharoff, New York University Law School
Jacob Mchangama, Founder & Director, Justitia
Can Yeginsu, 3 Verulam Buildings; High Level Panel of Legal Experts on Media Freedom
Panel 3: Democratic Fragility in Asia
Yvonne Tew, Georgetown University Law Center (Chair)
Bui Ngoc Son, University of Oxford
Matthew Erie, University of Oxford
David Law, University of Virginia
Sokphea Young, University College London
Panel 4: Constitutional Responses to Illiberal Politics
Yaniv Roznai, Reichman University (IDC) (Chair)
Antonia Baraggia, University of Milan
Aileen Kavanagh, Trinity College Dublin
Martin Loughlin, London School of Economics
Mila Versteeg, University of Virginia & Kevin Cope, University of Virginia
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ICON-S Annual Conference 2022 (Wroclaw, Poland)
Panel Session: “Constitutionalism in Context I: Europe and Beyond”
July 4, 2022
Panelists:
David Law, Conceptualizing the Field of Comparative Constitutional Law
Mara Malagodi, Constitutional History and Constitutional Migration: Nepal
Christos Papastylianos, Citizenship and Nationality: Cyprus
Yaniv Roznai: Constitutional Transformation: Hungary
Yvonne Tew, The Context of “Constitutionalism in Context”
Chair: David Law
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ICON-S Annual Conference 2022 (Wroclaw, Poland)
Panel Session: “(How} Can Courts Strengthen Their Power in the Face of Democratic Decline?”
July 5, 2022
Panelists:
Yvonne Tew, Strategic Judicial Empowerment
Vicente Benítez, Powerful Courts and Democratic Erosion: A Conceptual and Explanatory Approach
Mariana Velasco: Towering Judges and Democratic Erosion: Evidence from Mexico
Sergio Verdugo, How Can Judges Challenge Dictators and Get Away with It?
Chair: Yaniv Roznai
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University of Milan
Invited Speaker
“Strategic Judicial Empowerment in Comparative Perspective”
Apr. 29, 2022
Chair: Nicoló Zanon, Judge, Italian Constitutional Court
Author: Yvonne Tew, Georgetown University Law Center
Commentators:
Elisa Bertolini, Bocconi University
Carmine Petteruti, University of Campania – Luigi Vanvitelli
Antonio Baraggia, University of Milan
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Bonavero Institute of Human Rights, University of Oxford
Discussion: “(When) Can Courts Constrain Authoritarian Governments?”
Feb. 22, 2022
Yvonne Tew, Georgetown University Law Center
Sergio Verdugo, Universidad del Desarrollo, Chile
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The Honorable Society of the Middle Temple, London
Book Talk: “Constitutional Statecraft in Asian Courts”
October 27, 2021
Professor Yvonne Tew
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The Centre for Constitutional Law, Trinity College Dublin
Book Talk: “Constitutional Statecraft in Asian Courts”
November 17, 2021
Professor Yvonne Tew
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ICON-S Mundo 2021
Panel Session: “Constitutional Statecraft in Asian Courts”
July 8, 2021
Panelists:
Mila Versteeg, University of Virginia
Tamir Moustafa, Simon Fraser University
Stefanus Hendrianto, Pontifical Gregorian University
Yaniv Roznai, Interdisciplinary Center Herzliya
Author Response: Yvonne Tew, Georgetown University Law Center
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ICON-S Mundo 2021
Panel Session: Judicial Power and Strategy
July 7, 2021
Panelists:
Erin Delaney, Northwestern University
David Landau, Florida State University, & Manuel Jose Cepeda Espinosa, Former Magistrate, Constitutional Court of Colombia
Yaniv Roznai, Interdisciplinary Center Herzliya
Yvonne Tew, Georgetown University Law Center
Mila Versteeg, University of Virginia, & Erensu Altan
Chair: Samuel Issacharoff, New York University
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University of Hong Kong & Chinese University of Hong Kong
Book Panel: Constitutional Statecraft in Asian Courts (2020)
Thursday, March 4, 2021
Panelists:
Rehan Abeyratne, Chinese University of Hong Kong
Po Jen Yap, University of Hong Kong
Dian A.H. Shah, National University of Singapore
Author Response: Yvonne Tew, Georgetown University Law Center
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University of Milan & University of Maryland School of Law
November 12, 2020
Book Panel: Constitutional Statecraft in Asian Courts
Panelists:
David Law, University of Virginia
H.P. Lee, Monash University
Po Jen Yap, University of Hong Kong
Mark Graber, University of Maryland
Antonia Baraggia, University of Milan
Author Response:
Yvonne Tew, Georgetown University Law Center
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American Society of Comparative Law Annual Meeting 2020
October 15, 2020
Book Panel: Constitutional Statecraft in Asian Courts
Panelists:
Tom Ginsburg, University of Chicago
Rosalind Dixon, University of New South Wales
Ran Hirschl, University of Toronto
Jamal Greene, Columbia Law School
Author Response:
Yvonne Tew, Georgetown University Law Center
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Center for Transnational Legal Studies, London
February 17, 2020
Annual Transnational Law Lecture
Lecture: Constitutional Statecraft in Asian Courts
Delivered by: Professor Yvonne Tew, Georgetown University Law Center