Harry Radzyner Law School

Harry Radzyner Law School at IDC Herzliya invites you to an International Symposium on

LIMITS TO CONSTITUTIONAL CHANGES - SAVIORS OF OR OPPONENTS TO DEMOCRACY?

Thursday, 23 May 2019, 15:30 Room E403, Adelson building IDC Campus, Kanfei Nesharim St., Herzliya

15:30 Opening Dr. Yaniv Roznai, Harry Radzyner Law School, IDC Herzliya

15:45 The Final Arbitrator of Society’s Values? Judicial Perspectives on Unamendability Chair: Justice Dorit Beinisch, Former President of the Prof. , Former President of the Supreme Court of Israel; Harry Radzyner Law School, IDC Herzliya Prof. Lech Garlicki, Former Judge of the European Court of Human Rights and of the Constitutional Court of Poland; Washington University in Saint Louis 16:30 Break

16:45 Unconstitutional Constitutional Amendments in Israel? Chair: Prof. Yifat Bitton, The Striks School of Law, The College of Management Prof. Ruth Gavison, Faculty of Law, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem Adv. Hassan Jabareen, General Director of Adalah - The Legal Center for Arab Minority Rights in Israel Adv. Shimon Nataf, Researcher at Kohelet Policy Forum, Legal Department Prof. Suzie Navot, The Striks School of Law, The College of Management Dr. Sharon Weintal, School of Law, Netanya Academic College 18:15 Break

18:30 Lessons from Abroad: Comparative Perspectives on Limits to Constitutional Change Chair: Dr. Hanna Lerner, Department of Political Science, University Dr. Tamar Hostovsky Brandes, Faculty of Law, Ono Academic College “The Unconstitutional Constitutional Amendments Doctrine in Times of Democratic Erosion and Populist Constitutionalism” Dr. Pietro Faraguna, Faculty of Law, University of Trieste “Unamendability and Constitutional Identity in the Italian Constitutional Experience” Prof. David Landau, Florida State University College of Law “The Uses and Abuses of the Unconstitutional Constitutional Amendments Doctrine in Latin America” Prof. Tuomas Ojanen, Faculty of Law, University of Helsinki “Constitutional Unamendability in the Nordic Countries” Dr. Ondřej Preuss, Faculty of Law, Charles University “The Material Core - Lessons from the Czech and Slovakia”

The event is open to the public. Please rsvp at: https://www.eventer.co.il/constitutional_changes