BEGIN:VCALENDAR
VERSION:2.0
PRODID:-//132.216.98.100//NONSGML kigkonsult.se iCalcreator 2.20.4//
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:20261101T133902EST-9002HTW8iT@132.216.98.100
DTSTAMP:20261101T183902Z
DESCRIPTION:The Centre for Human Rights & legal Pluralism presents: a talk 
 With Hoi Kong\n\nAbout the talk \n\nHow should a constitutional order resp
 ond to deep inequality?  In some constitutional orders\, the pervasiveness
  of inequality is at the root of complex debates about equality rights\, b
 ut does not pose an existential risk to the polity.   By contrast\, in oth
 er polities\, inequality is so pervasive that the existing constitutional 
 order can no longer be considered legitimate.  In these circumstances\, th
 e task of fashioning a new order can give rise to complex issues of consti
 tutional design.  Drawing on arguments that Ron Levy\, Ian O’Flynn and I s
 et out in Deliberative Peace Referendums (Oxford University Press\, 2021)\
 , I will argue that the theory of deliberative constitutionalism provides 
 guidance to constitutional designers and counsels resistance to populist i
 mpulses that arise when the very legitimacy of a constitutional order is q
 uestioned. \n\nAbout the speaker \n\nProfessor Hoi Kong is the inaugural h
 older of The Rt. Hon. Beverley McLachlin\, P.C.\, UBC Professorship in Con
 stitutional Law\, which he assumed in 2018.  He is a Senior Research Fello
 w at the University of Texas at Austin’s Program on Comparative Constituti
 onal Studies and a Peter Wall Scholar (2020-2021).  He researches and teac
 hes in the areas of constitutional\, administrative\, municipal and compar
 ative law\, and constitutional and public law theory.   \n\nPrior to joini
 ng the Allard School of Law\, Professor Kong was an Assistant and then Ass
 ociate Professor at McGill University’s Faculty of Law\, where he served a
  term as Associate Dean (Academic).   He was previously an Assistant Profe
 ssor of Law\, cross-appointed with the School of Urban Planning at Queen’s
  University\, and an Associate-in-Law at the Columbia Law School.  Profess
 or Kong clerked for Justice L’Heureux-Dubé and Justice Deschamps at the Su
 preme Court of Canada. \n\nIn-person. Masks not required\; respect for oth
 ers’ safety requested. Free and open to all\n
DTSTART:20220923T170000Z
DTEND:20220923T183000Z
LOCATION:McGill University\, Faculty of Law\, Room 16
SUMMARY:Deep Inequality and Constitutional Change 
URL:https://www.mcgill.ca/law/channels/event/deep-inequality-and-constituti
 onal-change-341894
END:VEVENT
END:VCALENDAR