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Charter 88 and the constitutional reform movement:  Twenty Years On

Launch of Special Issue of Parliamentary Affairs

Wednesday 9th December 2009, Portcullis House, Westminster, 6 - 7.30pm

Following on from the very successful conference on Charter 88 last year, CSLS is launching a special issue of Parliamentary Affairs based on papers which were presented at the conference.  This will take place at Portcullis House, Westminster on 9 December 2009 from 6pm.  All are invited to join special issue editor Dr. David Erdos (Centre for Socio-Legal Studies, University of Oxford), Unlock Democracy, and Oxford Journals for a free evening of lively discussion and debate on the past, present, and future of UK constitutional reform.  Confirmed members of the panel include Baroness Helena Kennedy (who will act as chair), Peter Facey, Director of Unlock Democracy and Dr. Tony Wright MP, Chairman of the Public Administration Select Committee.  The panel will address three overarching questions which are of as much interest now as twenty years ago when Charter 88 was first launched:

• What have been the central strengths and achievements of the constitutional reform movement?
• Where might it have taken a wrong turning, either strategically or in terms of philosophy?
•  Where do we go from here in order to achieve democratic and constitutional renewal?

Those seeking further information or who wish to book a place are welcome to email David Erdos directly at david.erdos@csls.ox.ac.uk.  Further information on the issue itself is available at http://pa.oxfordjournals.org/current.dtl and http://www.oxfordjournals.org/our_journals/parlij/specialissue.html. 

FOR MORE INFORMATION AND TO BOOK A PLACE PLEASE GO TO http://www.charter88journal.eventbrite.com.

Unlocking Democracy book

A special edited book examining constitutional reform twenty years on from Charter 88 has also been published by Unlock Democracy (Charter 88's successor organization).  This also includes contributions from a number of conference participants including Anthony Barnett and Stuart Weir.

 

Other information on mini-site

The rest of this mini-site contains various archived material from the Charter 88 and the Constitutional Reform Movement conference itself which took place in July 2008.