Wen-Chen Chang

Julinda Beqiraj

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14 May 2021

WEBINAR 4: “The Rule of Law in the Pandemic”

Friday, 14 May 2021 | 09:00 – 10.30 BST / 10.00 – 11.30 CEST

The COVID-19 pandemic has placed extreme strain on legal systems, requiring action in response to fast-changing and complex situation of the pandemic emergency. This panel evaluates state action – and in particular, executive-decision making – in response to the pandemic against the standard of the rule of law, and considers whether this will lead to permanent shifts in legal systems worldwide.

The panel will consist of short interventions by each speaker, followed by a moderated Q&A session. Tweet your questions with #PowerandPandemic.

Chair:
Joelle Grogan, RECONNECT and Middlesex University London

Commentary:
“Rule of Law as a perimeter of legitimacy for COVID-19 Responses” – Julinda Beqiraj

Country Contributors:

Hungary – Kriszta Kovács
Germany – Anna Katharina Mangold
Pakistan – Shaheera Syed / Nadia Tariq-Ali
Taiwan – Wen-Chen Chang / Chun-Yuan Lin

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Friday, 14 May 2021

WEBINAR 5: “Quo Vadis? – The Impact of an Extended Emergency”, 15.00-16.30 CEST

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Anna Katharina Mangold Anna Katharina Mangold, LL.M., is Professor for European Law at the Europa-Universität Flensburg.

Kriszta Kovács Kriszta Kovács is Senior Research Fellow at the WZB Berlin Social Science Center and at the Cluster of Excellence ‘SCRIPTS’. She is Associate Professor at ELTE University.

Wen-Chen Chang Wen-Chen CHANG is jointly appointed as Dean and Professor of National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University School of Law and Professor of National Taiwan University College of Law. She serves in the editorial boards of International Journal of Constitutional Law and Cambridge Journal of Global Constitutionalism.

Julinda Beqiraj Dr Julinda Beqiraj is the Maurice Wohl Senior Research Fellow in European Law at the Bingham Centre for the Rule of Law.

Shaheera Syed Shaheera Syed has a postgraduate degree in Public Policy specializing in International Conflict Management from Willy Brandt School of Public Policy, University of Erfurt, Germany. She is currently working as a Program Officer at Democracy Reporting International (DRI).

Nadia Tariq-Ali Nadia Tariq-Ali has a postgraduate degree in Social Policy and Development from the London School of Economics and Political Science, which she pursued as a Chevening Scholar. She is currently working as a Senior Program Officer at Democracy Reporting International (DRI).

Chun-Yuan Lin Chun-Yuan LIN is Associate Professor of Chung-Yuan Christian University, Department of Financial and Economic Law. He is a scholar of constitutional law and environmental law in Taiwan and currently serves as the Chief Executive Officer of the Law School and the director of Environmental Jurists Association.

Joelle Grogan Joelle Grogan is the Head of Research at UK in a Changing Europe at King's College London, Co-Academic Director of the Rule of Law Clinic at the CEU Democracy Institute in Budapest, and Presenter of The Law Show on BBC Radio 4.

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