University of Virginia School of Law is set to hold a conference, “Constitution-Making and the Arab Spring” today February 24th, 2012. The Arab Spring refers to the surge of revolutionary demonstrations and protests occurring in Arab countries since 2010. The conference will explore the role of the Arab Spring and the change it spurred in the Middle East, using this as a spring board to investigate constitution-making. Other topics of discussion will include women’s rights, the influence of Islam, the military and the judiciary in the new regime. The Foundation for Law, Justice and Society, the Oxford Centre for Socio-Legal Studies and the Law School are sponsoring the event.
Virginia Law professor Mila Versteeg, the organizer of the conference stated: ”Obviously, the Arab Spring is just a major unfolding event. So we were interested in exploring to what extent the Arab Spring gets a constitutional forum. We’re bringing together some of the main people in the field, who have been there on the ground, and we’re asking them: What do you think the problems are? What do you think the issues will be?”
The conference will bring together experts from all over the nation and England and will also explore how past history will influence the future of the Arab Spring.
For the full press release, go here.
