In this much anticipated new book (Harvard UP 2022), Professor of Public Law at the London School of Economics, Martin Loughlin, traces the development of constitutional thought, and argues that constiutionalism now propagates the widespread belief that social progress is advanced not through politics, electoral majorities, and legislative action, but through innovative judicial interpretation. In this way, the rise of constitutionalism, commonly conflated with constitutional democracy, actually contributes to its degradation. Professor Loughlin will be in conversation with Professor of Law and Head of the School of Global and Public Law at UNSW, Theunis Roux. This event will be chaired by Professor of Law and Director of the Gilbert + Tobin Centre of Public Law, Rosalind Dixon.
Professor Martin Loughlin is a Professor of Public Law at the London School of Economics. He has previously held chairs at the Universities of Glasgow and Manchester. He was elected a Fellow of the British Academy in 2011 was awarded an honorary LLD by the University of Edinburgh in 2015. He has published several highly influential monographs on constitutional theory.
Professor Theunis Roux is a Professor of Law and Head of the School of Global and Public Law at UNSW. He was previously the founding director of the South African Institute for Advanced Constitutional, Public, Human Rights and International Law (SAIFAC) and is an expert in comparative constitutional law, with a particular interest in the politics of judicial review in new democracies.
Professor Rosalind Dixon is a Professor of Law and Director of the Gilbert + Tobin Centre of Public Law at UNSW. She previously held an appointment at the University of Chicago Law School and is a leading comparative constitutional law expert and the immediate past president of the International Society of Public Law.