Harshan Kumaringham, Asanga Welikala and Roshan de Silva Wijeyeratne - Seminar on Democracy, Pluralism, and Constitutionalism in Southern Asia

Event date: 
Tuesday 21 November to Wednesday 22 November
Time: 
14:00
Location: 
Neil MacCormick Room, David Hume Tower

 

Seminar on Democracy, Pluralism, and Constitutionalism in Southern Asia

 

Edinburgh Centre for Constitutional Law and the Centre for South Asian Studies

 

Neil MacCormick Room, David Hume Tower

 

21st November 2017

 

14:00 – 14:10              Welcome and Introduction by the Chair: Navraj Singh Ghaleigh

 

14:10 – 15:00              A Royal Coup – The Forced Dissolution of Pakistan’s Constituent Assembly using the Royal Prerogative and the Misrule of Law:

H. Kumarasingham

15:00 – 15:20              Discussants: Wilfried Swenden and Asanga Welikala

15:20 – 15:45              Plenary Discussion

 

15:45 – 16:00              Break

 

16:00 – 16:45              In Search of the Ancient Constitution? The Galactic Polity and the Constitutional Challenge of National Pluralism in Sri Lanka and Myanmar: Roshan de Silva Wijeyeratne and Asanga Welikala

16:45 – 17:15              Discussants: Jonathan Spencer and Wilfried Swenden

17:15 – 17:45              Plenary Discussion

 

19:00                           Dinner