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SUMMARY: Constitutionalism & Its Discontents
DESCRIPTION: In the early 21st century\, constitutionalism confronts numero
 us pressures and critiques. Some prominent critics are concerned that const
 itutionalism’s modern form may be unduly rigid in the face of changing soci
 al\, economic\, and environmental conditions. In their new book\, Professor
 s Mark Tushnet (HLS) and Bojan Bugarič (University of Sheffield) propose a 
 “thin” idea of constitutionalism and suggest that we should scale back our 
 expectations for what constitutionalism can achieve. Please join for a pane
 l discussion about the book with Professors Tushnet\, Doerfler and Visiting
  Professor Vlad Perju.
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html: <p>In the early 21st century\, constitutional
 ism confronts numerous pressures and critiques. Some prominent critics are 
 concerned that constitutionalism’s modern form may be unduly rigid in the f
 ace of changing social\, economic\, and environmental conditions. In their 
 new book\, Professors <a href="https://hls.harvard.edu/faculty/mark-tushnet
 /">Mark Tushnet</a> (HLS) and <a href="https://sheffield.ac.uk/law/people/a
 cademic-staff/bojan-bugaric">Bojan Bugarič</a> (University of Sheffield) pr
 opose a “thin” idea of constitutionalism and suggest that we should scale b
 ack our expectations for what constitutionalism can achieve. Please join us
  for this faculty book talk and panel discussion with Professors Tushnet\, 
 <a href="https://hls.harvard.edu/faculty/ryan-d-doerfler/">Doerfler</a> and
  Visiting Professor <a href="https://lira.bc.edu/faculty-profiles/a93056d0-
 c7f9-5c40-ac89-d07701b4795a">Vlad Perju.</a>  Lunch will be provided for th
 ose who register by September 18th. Copies of the book will be available fo
 r purchase on site. <a href="https://forms.cloud.microsoft/r/m4wLLffwcr">Re
 gistration required</a>. The Faculty Book Talk series from HLSL is sponsore
 d by the HLS Dean's Office.</p>
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ORGANIZER;CN="Emily Rider Neill":MAILTO:eneill@law.harvard.edu
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