In 1970, a seminal conference dedicated to the ‘European economic constitution’ took place at the University of Liège. After half a century of doctrinal debates, the notion has now become a key concept not only in law, but also in other social sciences (economics, political philosophy, etc.). The 7th Journées internationales David-Constant therefore propose to retrace the somewhat turbulent history of the concept and to study its current relevance within the various (state and supranational) legal orders in Europe. Coinciding with the launch (in Open Access) of the book : G. Grégoire & X. Miny (eds.), The Idea of Economic Constitution in Europe. Genealogy and Overview (Brill), the symposium gathers the nearly thirty contributors to the volume, in order to extend the discussions covered in the latter.
The symposium will first aim to clarify the assumptions and presuppositions of the theories underlying the notion of ‘Economic Constitution’. Second, it will seek to identify the legal and political effects of economic constitutionalization. Beyond the global overview of the issues in positive and comparative law, the speakers will also question the theoretical and conceptual frameworks that structure the current debates in and across law, economy and politics. To that end, each of the three days of the conference will be devoted to a global theme:
- ‘Genealogy of the Concept’;
- ‘European Economic Constitution’;
- ‘National Economic Constitutions and Global Governance’
Full Program
The conference will be held in hybrid format (on site and online) and both in English and French, with simultaneous translation, and will be organized in such a way as to encourage stimulating and interactive exchanges within the panels and between the speakers and the audience.
This collective project is coordinated by Guillaume Grégoire and Xavier Miny, researchers at the Faculty of Law, Political Science and Criminology of the University of Liège, and supervised by a scientific committee composed of professors and researchers in law from ULiège, UCL and UMons: Frédéric Bouhon, Marc Bourgeois, Wim Decock, Quentin Detienne, Damien Piron, Nicolas Thirion, Pieter Van Cleynenbreugel and Antoine Vandenbulke.
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PROGRAM | 6 July (Day 1)
Genealogy of the Concept - Historical and Theoretical Perspectives
9h00-9h30 | Registration
9h30-9h40 | Welcoming address
9h40-10h00 | Opening remarks
Guillaume GREGOIRE (ULiège - Belgium)
10h00-11h30 | Discussions - panel 1
Chaired by Wim DECOCK (UCLouvain-ULiège, Belgium)
The Emergence of the Concept
From the Physiocrats to the Weimar Republic
Philippe STEINER Université Paris-Sorbonne (France) |
Hugues RABAULT Université Paris-Saclay (France) |
Guillaume GREGOIRE ULiège (Belgium) |
Peter C. CALDWELL Rice University, Houston (USA) |
Coffee break
11h45-12h45 | Discussion with the audience
Lunch
14h15-15h45 | Discussions - panel 2
Chaired by Nicolas THIRION (ULiège, Belgium)
The (Neo)liberal Recapture of the Concept
German Ordoliberalism, Hayekian Inflexions and American Neoliberalism
Thomas BIEBRICHER Copenhagen Business School (Denmark) |
Serge AUDIER Université Paris-Sorbonne (France) |
Werner BONEFELD University of York (UK) |
Vincent VALENTIN Sciences Po Rennes (France) |
Coffee break
16h00-17h00 | Discussion with the audience
Closing remarks
PROGRAM | 7 July (Day 2)
The European Economic Constitution from micro to macro
9h00-9h30 | Registration
9h30-9h40 | Welcoming address
9h40-10h00 | Opening remarks
Pieter van CLEYNENBREUGEL (ULiège - Belgium)
10h00-11h30 | Discussions - panel 3
Chaired by Antoine VANDENBULKE (UMons, Belgium)
The Microeconomic Constitution of the European Union
Fundamental Economic Freedoms and Competition Law
Pieter VAN CLEYNENBREUGEL ULiège (Belgium) |
Frédéric MARTY CNRS - Université Côte d'Azur (France) |
Xavier MINY ULiège (Belgium) |
Claire MONGOUACHON Université Paris-Nanterre (France) |
Hans MICKLITZ EUI Florence (Italy) |
Coffee break
11h45-12h45 | Discussion with the audience
Lunch
14h15-15h45 | Discussions- panel 4
Chaired by Quentin DETIENNE (ULiège, Belgium)
The Macroeconomic Constitution of the European Union
The Advent of Economic and Monetary Union
Francesco MARTUCCI Université Paris-Panthéon-Assas (France) |
Susanna Maria CAFARO Università del Salento (Italy) |
Hjalte LOKDAM LSE (UK) |
Peter LINDSETH University of Connecticut (USA) |
Michael WILKINSON LSE (UK) |
Cristina FASONE LUISS Guido Carli University (Italy) |
Coffee break
16h00-17h00 | Discussion with the audience
Closing remarks
PROGRAM | 8 July (Day 3)
National Economic Constitutions and Global Governance
9h00-9h30 | Registration
9h30-9h40 | Welcoming address
9h40-10h00 | Opening remarks
Xavier MINY (ULiège - Belgium)
10h00-11h30 | Discussions - panel 5
Chaired by Frédéric BOUHON (ULiège, Belgium)
National Economic Constitutions
A Legal Analysis
Pierre NIHOUL UCLouvain & President of the Constitutional Court (Belgium) |
Peter-Christian MULLER-GRAFF Universität Heidelberg (Germany) |
François COLLY Université Paris-Saclay (France) |
Tony PROSSER University of Bristol (UK) |
Coffee break
11h45-12h45 | Discussion with the audience
Lunch
14h15-15h45 | Discussions - panel 6
Chaired by Marc BOURGEOIS (ULiège, Belgium)
Global Governance & New (Economic) Constitutionalism
Federalism and Competition between Jurisdictions
Damien PIRON ULouvain (Belgium) |
Thibault BISCAHIE York University (Canada) |
Mahmoud MOHAMED SALAH Université de Nouakchott (Mauritania) |
Stephen GILL York University (Canada) |
Sebastien ADALID Université Rouen Normandie (France) |
Coffe break
16h00-17h00 | Discussion with the audience
17h00-17h30 | Overall conclusions
Christian JOERGES
(Hertie School of Berlin, Germany)
Closing address
Closing reception
Map
Liege and Surroundings
Book published by Brill
The book is published in Open Access with the support of the David-Constant Fund, the Belgian University Foundation and the Research Unit ‘Cité’ of the Faculty of Law, Political Science and Criminology of the University of Liege.
LINK TO THE BOOK