WORKSHOP: PERSPECTIVES ON UNWRITTEN CONSTITUTIONALISM

WEDNESDAY 28 JANUARY

KEETON ROOM, BENTHAM HOUSE, UCL FACULTY OF LAWS

 

The Global Centre for Democratic Constitutionalism (GCDC) is hosting a delegation from the Budapest-based ELTE CSS Institute for Legal Studies (ILS) for a day long workshop on the the uncodified constitution. The event will bring together scholars and practitioners to explore the identification and practice of the constitution and provide an opportunity for comparative discussions.

 

09.00 – 09.15	Welcome and Introduction	Professor Erin Delaney, UCL GCDC and Fruzsina Gárdos-Orosz, ELTE ILS
09.15 – 10.30	Scholarly perspectves on Hungary’s Unwritten Constitution	Professor Zoltán Szente Introduction: The historical constitution in Hungary
		Dr. Boldizsár Szentgáli-tóth Normativity and Enforcement
		Dr.habil. Péter Sólyom Uncodified v. Codified Constitutions, and Constitutional Change Professor Iván Halász Identity and continuity:who’s constitution?
10.30 – 10.45	Coffee Break
10.45 – 12.00	Scholarly Perspectives on the UK’s Unwritten Constitution	Lisa James, UCL Constitution Unit Constitutional Conventions and Parliament
		Dr Nick Kilford, Durham University Constitutional Principles and Devolution
		Dr Daniella Lock, KCL Executive Empowerment
12.00 – 12.15	Buffet Lunch in Cissy Chu Room
12.15 – 13:45	Lunch Discussion: The Unwritten Constitution in Practice	Graeme Cowie, Head of House of Commons Parliament, Public Administration and Constitution Hub
		Professor Jeff King, UCL Professor Zoltán Szente, ELTE ILS Miklós Könczöl, senior research fellow ILS
14:00 – 16:00	British Library visit to see the Magna Carta
16:15 – 17.30	Reception in Cissy Chu Room

 

ATTENDEES

 

ELTE CSS Institute for Legal Studies

Professor Fruzsina Gárdos-Orosz Professor Zoltán Szente

Professor Iván Halász

 

Dr.habil. Péter Sólyom

 

Dr Boldizsár Szentgáli-Tóth

Dr Miklós Könczöl

 

UCL GCDC

Professor Erin Delaney Professor Jeff King

Dr Dora Devlin

 

Dr Rupa Balakrishnan Raju

 

EXTERNAL

Professor Renata Uitz, Royal Holloway University Dr Nick Kilford, Durham University

Dr Daniella Lock, KCL

 

Lisa James, Constitution Unit, UCL Graeme Cowie, House of Commons

 

A rendezvény a K-143008 (Magyarország történeti alkotmánya egykor és ma) NKFIH pályázat, valamint a HUN-REN/ ELKH KSZF-26/2025 (Magyarország történeti alkotmánya egykor és ma) kutatási program támogatásával valósult meg.