Max Planck Institute for the Study of Religious and Ethnic Diversity
"The Secularist Appeal of Constitutional Law and Courts: A Comparative Account"
Institute Colloquium Series "Regulations of Cultural Diversity" Spring/Summer 2012
Date:
May 10, 2012
Time:
02:15 PM - 03:45 PM (Local Time Germany)
Speaker:
Ran Hirschl (University of Toronto)
Ran Hirschl is Professor of Political Science and Law, and holds a senior Canada Research Chair in Constitutionalism, Democracy & Development. He completed his B.A., LL.B., and M.A. at Tel-Aviv University, and received his M.Phil and Ph.D. from Yale University. His primary areas of interest are comparative constitutional law, constitutional and judicial politics, and comparative legal traditions and institutions more generally.