The Edinburgh Centre for Constitutional Law presents:
Constitutionalising the Party
9th October 2019 | 13.00 - 15.00 (refreshments provided at 15.00)
Neil MacCormick Room, Old College
Political parties have featured in constitutional practice and theory largely in the context of party bans by militant
democracies. Drawing from the value of democracy itself, this paper argues that democratic constitutions should
seek to achieve two design objectives in relation to political parties: separating the state and the ruling party (the
separation principle); and discouraging parties from becoming factions (the anti-faction principle).
Chair: Mr Christian Jones (Edinburgh)
Paper: Professor Tarun Khaitan (Melbourne and Oxford)
Response: Dr Sanja Badanjak (Edinburgh)
This event is free and open to all. No registration necessary.