Organised by the
Center for Parliamentary Studies LUISS University of Rome
Second Conference in Memory of Gabriella Angiulli
BICAMERALISM UNDER PRESSURE Constitutional Reform of National Legislatures
2-3
MONDAY - TUESDAY
MAY 2016
In cooperation with The International Society of Public Law icon-s
Sala delle Colonne
LUISS Guido Carli University viale Pola, 12 - Roma
Younger Comparativists Committee of the American Society of Comparative Law, ycc Department of National and Supranational Public Law, University of Milan
MONDAY MAY 2 8.00 - 8.30 REGISTRATION 8.30 - 8.45
8.45 - 9.00
luiss center for parliamentary studies
boston college and icon-s
Welcome and opening of the Conference Carmela Decaro
Introductory remarks “The Challenge of Reforming Bicameralism” Richard Albert
PANEL I 9.00 - 10.45
BICAMERALISM IN CONSTITUTIONAL DOCTRINES Chair Sabino Cassese icon-s Maria Romaniello luiss guido carli Bicameralism: a Concept in Search of a Theory Lucia Rubinelli university of cambridge Opposing Bicameralism to Guarantee the Limitation of Power: Emmanuel Sieyès and the Constitutional Debates of the French Revolution
Francesco Campodonico university of genoa A Chamber to Protect Democracy. The Functions of the Second Chamber in Costantino Mortati’s Constitutional Doctrine Discussants Leonard Besselink university of amsterdam Antonia Baraggia university of milan 10.45 - 11.00 COFFEE BREAK
PANEL II 11.00 - 12.45
BICAMERALISM IN THE FRAMEWORK OF THE EUROPEAN UNION Chair Marta Cartabia icon-s and italian constitutional court Neliana Rodean university of verona Upper Houses and Constitutional Amendment Rules. In Search of (Supra)national Paradigm(s)
Pietro Faraguna university of ferrara How Does the EU Challenge Bicameralism? Discussants Ian Cooper european university institute Robert Schütze durham university
Wouter Wolfs Caterina Cigala ku leuven Two Sides of the Same Coin? The Scrutiny of EU Documents in Bicameral Systems ku leuven
12.45 - 14.00 LUNCH
PANEL III 14.00 - 15.45
ITALIAN BICAMERALISM IN COMPARATIVE PERSPECTIVE Chair Lorenza Violini university of milan Gianluca Marolda university of bologna Bicameralism and the EU Federalising Process: A New Identity for Second Chambers? Barbara Guastaferro pegaso university,
Matteo De Nes university ca’ foscari of venice Participation with or without Representation? The Race for Open Government and the Vicissitudes of Representative Democracy in Europe: The Case of Italy
naples and durham university
‘Visible’ and ‘Invisible’ Second Chambers in Unitary States. Devolving Legislative Powers and ‘Territorialising’ National Legislatures in Italy and the United Kingdom
Discussants Amie Kreppel university of florida and college of europe
Peter Leyland soas, university of london 15.45 - 16.15 COFFEE BREAK
16.15 GREETINGS BY
16.30 - 17.30 KEYNOTE SPEECH BY
Leonardo Morlino luiss guido carli
Maria Elena Boschi italian minister for constitutional reforms and the relationship with the parliament
The Reform of the Italian Bicameral System Chair Nicola Lupo luiss guido carli
TUESDAY MAY 3 PANEL IV 9.00 - 10.45
CHALLENGING UNICAMERALISM Chair Raffaele Bifulco luiss guido carli Diego Serra university of genoa Defending Bicameralism and Equalizing Powers: the Case of Peru
Bertil Emrah Oder koç university istanbul Valentina Rita Scotti luiss guido carli Turkish Bicameralism (1961-1980): Some Remarks on its Establishment and on its Abolition
Mihail Vatsov university of edinburgh Polina Vakleva sofia university st. kliment ohridski The Shadow of Bicameralism in a Unicameral State: the Curious Case of Bulgaria
Discussants Francesco Clementi university of perugia Cristina Fasone luiss guido carli 10.45 - 11.00 COFFEE BREAK
PANEL V 11.00 - 12.45
REFORMING OR ABOLISHING THE UPPER HOUSE? Chair Carmela Decaro luiss guido carli Priscilla Monge university of aix-marseille, avignon and de mayotte
Le Sénat Français: an Institutional ‘Anomaly’? Dušan Štrus national council of the republic of slovenia and university of ljubljana
Constitutional Reform of the National Council of the Republic of Slovenia
David Kenny trinity college dublin The Failed Referendum to Abolish the Ireland’s Senate: Defending Bicameralism in a Small and Relatively Homogenous Country Discussants Carlo Fusaro university of florence Anna Jonsson Cornell university of uppsala 12.45 - 14.00 LUNCH
PANEL VI 14.00 - 15.45
BICAMERALISM AND REPRESENTATION Chair Nicola Lupo luiss guido carli Katarzyna Granat durham university The Future of Poland’s Second Chamber: Is the Senate Still Needed? Rosa Fernández Riveira, Covadonga Ferrer Martín de Vidales, María Garrote de Marcos complutense university, madrid
The Twice Imperfect Spanish Bicameralism. Nine Thesis and Three Proposals for the Future.
Nedim Kulenovic´ university of sarajevo
Bicameralism(s) in the Age of Ethnicity: Prospects for Reform of Legislatures in Bosnia and Herzegovina Discussants Ángel J. Sánchez Navarro complutense university, madrid
Giovanni Piccirilli luiss guido carli
The Reform of Upper Houses in Comparative Perspective
16.00 - 17.00 GUEST LECTURE BY
Meg Russell university college london
17.00 - 17.15 CLOSING REMARKS 17.30 - 19.00 BOOK SERIES LAUNCH
Hart Publishing Book Series on Parliamentary Democracy in Europe Speakers Leonard Besselink university of amsterdam Cesare Pinelli university of rome la sapienza Jan Wouters ku leuven
Replies by the book series editors: Nicola Lupo luiss guido carli Robert Schütze durham university Chair Giovanni Orsina luiss guido carli 19.00 - 20.30 COCKTAIL AND HORS-D’OEVRES, WITH THE PARTICIPATION OF PARTNERS AND SUPPORTERS OF THE ERASMUS+ JOINT MASTER DEGREE IN PARLIAMENTARY PROCEDURES AND LEGISLATIVE DRAFTING (EUPADRA)
Convened by
Richard Albert
boston college and icon-s
Antonia Baraggia university of milan
Cristina Fasone luiss guido carli
Secretariat Cristina Fasone, Renato Ibrido, Eleonora Paris, Luca Bartolucci To register, please send an email to
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