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IBA Annual Conference Mexico City 2024

15 Sep - 20 Sep 2024

PALACIO DE INTURBIDE 1, LEVEL E1

Session information

When the Rule of Law and democracy clash which prevails?

Friday 20 September (1430 - 1600)

PALACIO DE INTURBIDE 1, LEVEL E1

Committee(s)

Rule of Law Forum (Lead)
Judges' Forum

Description

The issue of how democratic legitimacy and the rule of law interact has been challenging in a number of jurisdictions including Israel, the UK and the US. In each of these countries there are clashes between politicians and the judges as to which has primacy – in one case this relates to whether the president/prime minister has been legitimately elected or not and, in the others, whether processes in the elected assembly or changes to law which affect the judiciary or the judicial process are legitimate. This session will discuss the issue.

Session / Workshop Chair(s)

Doran Doeh	36 Stone, London, England; Newsletter Officer, Rule of Law Forum

Speakers

Richard Atkinson	The Law Society of England and Wales, London, England; President/ Chairperson, The Law Society of England and Wales
Lorenzo Cordova Vianello	UNAM Legal Investigations Department, Mexico City, Mexico
Justice Adrian Saunders	Caribbean Court of Justice, Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago
Lucy Scott-Moncrieff CBE	Scott-Moncrieff and Associates Ltd, London, England

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