Through this workshop we aim to bring together scholars from multiple disciplines (law, theory, sociology) to critically discuss the evolving topic of “backsliding” in the context of deteriorating rule of law and democratic quality, the COVID-19 pandemic, and the ramifications of an authoritarian past for backsliding.
On the 19th of November 9:45-11:00 CET, Prof. Laurent Pech (Middlesex University London) will deliver a keynote lecture "Fiddling while our rule of law house is burning? Judicial Independence in the EU in an era of authoritarian populism
Registration, Keynote Prof. Laurent Pech 19 November 09:45-11:00
On the 20th of November, Prof. Stephen Skinner (University of Exeter), Prof. Zoltán Fleck (Eötvös Loránd University), Prof. Joelle Grogan (Middlesex University London) and Prof. David Kosař (Masaryk University) will discuss theoretical, historical and contemporary European questions related to backsliding.