Comparative constitutional law is a vibrant and stimulating field of law encompassing a broad array of themes, approaches and methodologies. In this seminar we will explore constitutions from various countries and discover different ways of how to deal with the fundamental aims of constituting and constraining state power and of preventing power abuse. We will try to find and understand differences, commonalities, dynamics and interactions between different constitutional systems of the world and hopefully get new insights into constitutional power in theory and in action.
The seminar consists of three classroom sessions. In addition, all students will write a seminar paper on a comparative constitutional law topic of their choice (length: 36’000 - 60'000 characters, incl. spaces and footnotes). The aim of the classroom sessions is to introduce and familiarize students with comparative constitutional law and its methods and to prepare students to the process of writing the seminar paper.
- Docente: Eva Maria Belser Wyss
- Docente: Géraldine Cattilaz
- Docente: Salome Hunkeler
- Docente: Franziska Landolt-Brändle