Queen Mary academics take part in a panel titled Law vs. Power in an Age of Declining Democracy, held in Paris
On 3 October, Dr Matthieu Burnay and Dr Noam Gur took part in a panel event for the Paris 1–QMUL Double Degree English and French Law. The panel also hosted Professor Julien Jeanneney from the University of Strasbourg.
The central theme of the panel was tensions between law and power, particularly against the background of challenges to democracy. Each of the panellists engaged with the theme from the perspective his expertise: Dr Gur discussed conflicts between law and state officials’ directives through a jurisprudential lens; Dr Burnay explored the dynamics of law and power in Europe-China relations; and Professor Jeanneney considered reactions of defensive democracy from a comparative public law perspective. This was followed by Q&As and a discussion involving the audience.
The panel was delivered as part of the Jurisprudence and Legal Theory module taught at the Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne University on the Double Degree English and French Law. Students on the double degree spend their first two years studying at Queen Mary in London and final two years at Sorbonne in Paris.