This is a friendly reminder that the UKCLA Annual General Meeting will be held at 12 o’clock on the 7th of January 2019 in the Keeton Room, Bentham House, University College London, 4-8 Endsleigh Gardens, London, WC1H OEG (map). The AGM is open to all paid up members of the UKCLA.
All UKCLA members are invited to a Round Table conference following the AGM on the 7th of January 2019. The AGM will be held between 12-1pm. The conference will start at 1.10pm and run until 4pm. Non-members who would like to attend should send their request to Professor Leyland who will indicate whether places are still available or not. Professor Leyland’s email address is pl3@soas.ac.uk
Threats to Democracy and the Constitution
Welcome: Sebastian Payne, President UKCLA (1.10 – 1.15 pm)
Panel 1: The Rise of Populism in Europe (1.15- 2.30 pm)
Chair: Professor Merris Amos (Queen Mary, University of London)
Speakers:
Professor Alison Young (University of Cambridge): The Rise of Populism as a Threat to the UK Constitution
Professor Bojan Bugaric (University of Sheffield): The Many Faces of Populism in Europe
Q & A
Coffee/tea break (2.30 pm -2.45 pm)
Panel 2: Threats to Democracy in the Digital Age (2.45 pm- 4 pm)
Chair: Sebastian Payne (University of Kent)
Speakers:
Ravi Naik (Partner at ITN Solicitors and Law Society’s ‘Human Right’s Lawyer of the Year’ 2018)
and
Julianne Kerr Morrison (Barrister, Monckton Chambers):
Data Mining for Political Purposes; Regulatory Deficits and Controversial Cases (Cambridge Analytica/Facebook)
Q & A
UK Constitutional Law Association 