{"id":832,"date":"2016-11-15T23:26:31","date_gmt":"2016-11-15T23:26:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/projects.history.qmul.ac.uk\/hpt\/?p=832"},"modified":"2016-12-05T16:30:46","modified_gmt":"2016-12-05T16:30:46","slug":"britain-at-the-constitutional-crossroads-prof-bruce-ackerman-yale","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/projects.history.qmul.ac.uk\/hpt\/2016\/11\/15\/britain-at-the-constitutional-crossroads-prof-bruce-ackerman-yale\/","title":{"rendered":"Britain at the Constitutional Crossroads \u2014 Prof. Bruce Ackerman (Yale)"},"content":{"rendered":"

In association with the\u00a0Centre for the Study of the History of Political Thought<\/a>\u00a0and the\u00a0Centre for Law and Society in a Global Context<\/a>,\u00a0the Mile End Institute is delighted to welcome Bruce Ackerman, Sterling Professor of Law and Political Science at Yale University to give a lecture\u00a0Britain at the Constitutional Crossroads \u2013 Court, Parliament, and Popular Sovereignty in the Twenty-First Century.<\/em><\/p>\n

Professor Ackerman’s lecture comes at a critical moment as the Supreme Court deliberates on the role of Parliament in the process of Britain’s withdrawal from the European Union and the judiciary has come under fire in the popular press. His talk will consider the interaction of representative democracy and referendums and the role of the courts in mediating the two. There will be an opportunity for audience Q&A after the lecture.<\/p>\n

The event will be chaired by Sionaidh Douglas-Scott, Anniversary Chair in Law at QMUL and co-director of the Centre for Law and Society in a Global Context<\/p>\n

To register for the event, please click here<\/a>. Places are limited, and so booking is essential.<\/p>\n

Please click here<\/a> to watch a recording of the event.<\/p>\n

About Professor Ackerman:<\/p>\n

Bruce Ackerman<\/a>\u00a0is Sterling Professor of Law and Political Science at Yale, and the author of eighteen books that have had a broad influence in political philosophy, constitutional law, and public policy. His major works include\u00a0Social Justice in the Liberal State<\/em>\u00a0and his multivolume constitutional history,\u00a0We the People<\/em>.<\/p>\n

His most recent books are\u00a0We the People: The Civil Rights Revolution<\/em>\u00a0(2014),\u00a0The Decline and Fall of the American Republic<\/em>(2010),\u00a0The Failure of the Founding Fathers<\/em>\u00a0(2005), and\u00a0Before the Next Attack<\/em>\u00a0(2006). His book,\u00a0The Stakeholder Society<\/em>\u00a0(with Anne Alstott), served as a basis for Tony Blair\u2019s recent introduction of child investment accounts in the United Kingdom, and his book,\u00a0Deliberation Day<\/em>\u00a0(with James Fishkin) served as a basis for \u201cPBS Deliberation Day\u201d, a national series of citizen deliberations produced by McNeill-Lehrer on national television for the 2004 elections. He also writes for the general public, contributing frequently to\u00a0The New York Times<\/em>,\u00a0Washington Post<\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0The Los Angeles Times<\/em>, and has served, without charge, as a lawyer on matters of public importance. He was a lead witness for President Clinton before the House Judiciary Committee\u2019s Impeachment Hearings, and a principal spokesman for Al Gore before the Florida legislature during the election crisis of 2000. Professor Ackerman is a member of the American Law Institute and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. He is a Commander of the French Order of Merit, and the recipient of the American Philosophical Society\u2019s Henry Phillips Prize for lifetime achievement in Jurisprudence.<\/p>\n

This event is hosted jointly by the\u00a0Mile End Institute<\/a>, the\u00a0Centre for the Study of the History of Political Thought<\/a>\u00a0and the\u00a0Centre for Law and Society in a Global Context<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In association with the\u00a0Centre for the Study of the History of Political Thought\u00a0and the\u00a0Centre for Law and Society in a Global Context,\u00a0the Mile End Institute is delighted to welcome Bruce Ackerman, Sterling Professor of Law and Political Science at Yale University to give a lecture\u00a0Britain at the Constitutional Crossroads \u2013 Court, Parliament, and Popular Sovereignty […] Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-832","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-events"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/projects.history.qmul.ac.uk\/hpt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/832","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/projects.history.qmul.ac.uk\/hpt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/projects.history.qmul.ac.uk\/hpt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/projects.history.qmul.ac.uk\/hpt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/projects.history.qmul.ac.uk\/hpt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=832"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/projects.history.qmul.ac.uk\/hpt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/832\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":846,"href":"https:\/\/projects.history.qmul.ac.uk\/hpt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/832\/revisions\/846"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/projects.history.qmul.ac.uk\/hpt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=832"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/projects.history.qmul.ac.uk\/hpt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=832"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/projects.history.qmul.ac.uk\/hpt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=832"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}