The UCNP project has held a series of workshops, works-in-progress and research meetings, including in Berlin in 2024.
The UCNP project is led by researchers at Durham, uOttawa, and Georg-August-Universität Göttingen.
The UCNP project hosts a series a workshops for PhD and postdoctoral researchers.
This project examines the phenomenon of unwritten constitutionalism from a comparative and inter-disciplinary perspective, focussing on three jurisdictions: Canada, the United Kingdom, and Germany.
By comparing each country’s approach to unwritten constitutional norms and principles, the project's researchers will explore common issues faced by all constitutional orders, identify the factors that influence the recognition, definition and enforcement of unwritten constitutional rules, and investigate the role of judicial enforcement of a constitution’s unwritten rules in an era of democratic backsliding.
Recent outreach and media.
The Supreme Court of Canada 150th anniversary conference at the University of Ottawa is fast approaching, and we are delighted to share some updates on the conference program. There is still time to register: lnkd.in/eVN_uXUN[image or embed]— Centre de droit public uOttawa Public Law Centre (@uodroitpublaw.bsky.social) 8 May 2025 at 15:56
The Supreme Court of Canada 150th anniversary conference at the University of Ottawa is fast approaching, and we are delighted to share some updates on the conference program. There is still time to register: lnkd.in/eVN_uXUN[image or embed]
Take a look at some of the UCNP project's previous research workshops.
On Monday 2nd June, the UCNP project, in collaboration with the UK Parliament’s Public Administration and Constitution Hub and UCL's Global Centre for Democratic Constitutionalism, held a workshop exploring the role of politicians and key parliamentary personnel in sustaining the unwritten dimension of constitutionalism. This event, hosted in Westminster, featured panellists from UCL, Durham University, the Institute for Government, uOttawa, and Parliament itself.
Click below to find out more about the project and its research teams
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