Spain and the United Kingdom: Law, Society and Contemporary Challenges

The UK and Spain are representatives of two different legal traditions. The UK, unlike Spain, does not have a codified Constitution, but both jurisdictions have faced significant challenges in the course of the last few years. What are the impact of the territorial crisis and the Brexit process on the constitutional foundations of both States? We could not be witnessing more interesting, however difficult, times in both countries, and Dr Javier Garcia Oliva is well placed to focus on both models and draw comparisons between both systems

Javier Garcia Oliva is Senior Lecturer in Law at the University of Manchester. He is also a Teaching Fellow at University College London (U.C.L.) and the University of Oxford. Furthermore, is a Research Associate at the Centre for Law and Religion (Cardiff University), Profesor Visitante del Centro de Derecho Comparado de la Facultad de Derecho de la Universidad de Sevilla, and Visiting Professor at Schulich School of Law, Dalhousie University (Canada). Javier is also the Membership Secretary of the UK Constitutional Law Association and the Book Review Editor of 'Law and Justice'.

The sessions will be by Zoom, the following days between 5.30 pm - 7 pm

1.- Wednesday, 20th May. Historical:
Spain: From the Constitution of 1812 to the 1978 Spanish Constitution.
United Kingdom: From the seventeenth century to the current scenario.

2.- Wednesday, 27th May. Constitutional framework:
Spain: a) Parliament; b) The Government; c) The Judiciary; d) Human Rights.

3.- Wednesday, 3rd June. Constitutional framework:

United Kingdom: a) Parliament; b) The Government; c) The Judiciary; d) Human Rights.