IBA Annual Conference Mexico City 2024
15 Sep - 20 Sep 2024
PALACIO DE INTURBIDE 1, LEVEL E1
Session information
When the Rule of Law and democracy clash which prevails?
Friday 20 September (1430 - 1600)
PALACIO DE INTURBIDE 1, LEVEL E1
Committee(s)
Rule of Law Forum
(Lead)
Judges' Forum
Description
The issue of how democratic legitimacy and the rule of law interact has been challenging in a number of jurisdictions including Israel, the UK and the US. In each of these countries there are clashes between politicians and the judges as to which has primacy – in one case this relates to whether the president/prime minister has been legitimately elected or not and, in the others, whether processes in the elected assembly or changes to law which affect the judiciary or the judicial process are legitimate. This session will discuss the issue.
Session / Workshop Chair(s)
| Doran Doeh | 36 Stone, London, England; Newsletter Officer, Rule of Law Forum |
Speakers
| Richard Atkinson | The Law Society of England and Wales, London, England; President/ Chairperson, The Law Society of England and Wales |
| Lorenzo Cordova Vianello | UNAM Legal Investigations Department, Mexico City, Mexico |
| Justice Adrian Saunders | Caribbean Court of Justice, Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago |
| Lucy Scott-Moncrieff CBE | Scott-Moncrieff and Associates Ltd, London, England |