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Les promesses du principe de légalité : réflexions critiques sur l’œuvre de TRS Allan

The Promise of Legality: Critical Reflections upon the Work of TRS Allan

Initiative conjointe des facultés de droit de l'Université de Sherbrooke et de Queen's University

Joint initiative by Université de Sherbrooke and Queen's University Faculties of Law

Ripplecove
700, Ripplecove, Ayer’s Cliff (Quebec) Canada  J0B 1C0  

16 et 17 septembre 2022, de 9 h 15 à 17 h 30
September 16-17, 2022
9:15 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.

Organisateurs // Organizers
Geneviève Cartier (UdeS), Mark Walters (Queen's)

Heure // Time

Activité // Activity

9 h 15
9:15 a.m.

Word from the organizers

Geneviève Cartier, Université de Sherbrooke

Mark Walters, Queen's University 

 

9 h 30
9:30 a.m. 

SESSION 1: ALLAN, DWORKIN, DICEY – THE THREE MUSKETEERS

Moderator
Geneviève Cartier, Université de Sherbrooke

TRS Allan and the Common Law Tradition
Peter Cane, Australian National University

More Protestant than Luther or Dworkin? TRS Allan on Law and Morals
David Dyzenhaus, University of Toronto

Mark Walters on Dicey, Parliamentary Sovereignty and the Rule of Law
Jeffrey Goldsworthy, Monash University

The Contingent Promise of Legality
Stuart Lakin, University of Reading

TRS Allan, ‘Unwritten Constitutional Principles’, and Judicial Review of Legislation
Han-Ru Zhou, Université de Montréal 

13 h
1 p.m.
Dîner // Lunch 
14 h - 17 h 30
2 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.

SESSION 2: LAW, MORALITY, JUSTICE AND THE RULE OF LAW

Moderator
Mark Walters, Queen's University

The Rule of Law and Respect for Persons
Thomas Adams, University of Oxford

Outsiders and Trevor Allan’s Rule of Law
Evan Fox-Decent, McGill University

The Rule of Law Without Law
Hillary Nye, University of Alberta

Against Juridicalization of Political Philosophy: Equality, Morality and
the Rule of Law

Christine Sypnowich, Queen’s University

The Essence of Rights and the Limits of Proportionality
Jacob Weinrib, Queen’s University

Heure // Time

Activité // Activity

9 h 30
9:30 a.m.

SESSION 3: COMMON LAW CONSTITUTIONALISM, PARLIAMENTARY SOVEREIGNTY AND THE RULE OF LAW

Moderator
David Dyzenhaus, University of Toronto

Rights, Reason and Review
Paul Craig, University of Oxford

Common Law and the Common Good
Michael Foran, University of Glasgow

Persons, not Citizens
Joanna Langille, University of Western Ontario

What’s Good about Parliamentary Sovereignty?
George Letsas, University College London

Constitutional Balance and the Common Law Constitution
Alison Young, University of Cambridge

13 h
1 p.m.

Dîner // Lunch

14 h 30
2:30 p.m.

SESSION 4: ALLAN ON ADMINISTRATIVE LAW AND THE ADMINISTRATIVE STATE

Moderator
Evan Fox-Decent, McGill University

Reasons to Give Reasons
Hasan Dindjer, University of Oxford

Administrative Law from an Internal Perspective
Matthew Lewans, University of Alberta

The Public Service, Democracy and the Rule of Law
Janet McLean, University of Auckland

A Defence of Administrative Law Doctrine
Paul Daly, University of Ottawa

Is TRS Allan Really that Popular? Sovereignty, Democracy and
the Rule of Law

Richard Stacey, University of Toronto

17 h 30
5:30 p.m.

Closing remarks
Trevor Allan, University of Cambridge