Toward the Unity of Constitutional Value—or, How to Capture a Pluralistic Hedgehog

We cordially invites you to the Inaugural Lecture of Professor Mark Walters as holder of the F.R. Scott Chair of Public & Constitutional Law.

Abstract

In this lecture, the emerging view that Canadian constitutionalism is “agonistic”—that it is an irresolvable power struggle between visions about the country—will be challenged. An alternative view based upon the unity of constitutional value will be proposed, one that understands contested visions through the perspective of (to borrow from Archilochus, Berlin and Dworkin) a ‘hedgehog’ who celebrates the concept of pluralism.

A cocktail will follow.

Kindly RSVP by March 23, 2017 to alumnioffice.law [at] mcgill.ca (subject: RSVP%20FR%20Scott%20inaugural%20talk) .

A request for accreditation for 1.5 hours of continuing legal education for jurists will be made.