does québec need a written constitution?
A Symposium at Yale University • March 31, 2016
Henry R. Luce Hall • Room 203 • 34 Hillhouse Avenue
9:45am Welcoming Remarks
Richard Albert, Convenor
Marie-Claude Francoeur, Québec Delegate to New England
A Québec Constitution within a
Canadian Constitutional Framework
10:00am Panel Discussion • Deborah Mazer, Chair
Should Québec Do the “Write” Thing? An Inquiry into
Constitutional Theory and Practice • Hoi Kong
Does Québec Need a Written Constitution? • Daniel Turp
A Québec Constitution within Canadian Constitutional Law:
A Russian Doll or a Trojan Horse? • Patrick Taillon
Popular Sovereignty and
a Québec Constitution
1:00pm Panel Discussion • Andrea Katz, Chair
4:30pm Keynote Address
Jean Charest
29th Premier of Québec
(2003-2012)
The Provost’s House
35 Hillhouse Avenue
A Constitution Both For And By Québec? • Maxime St-Hilaire
Constitutive Power and the Nation(s) of Québec
Mark D. Walters
A Codified Constitution for Québec: A Futile Pursuit or the
Making of a Sovereign People? • Nelson Wiseman
Comparative Perspectives on
Subnational Constitutions
2:45pm Panel Discussion • Ana Beatriz Robalinho, Chair
Constitutionalization À L’Anglaise: Lessons for
Québec from the United Kingdom • Erin F. Delaney
Provincial Constitutions in Canada • F.L. Morton
The Functions of Subnational Constitutions in
Dual and Asymmetric Federalism: The Belgian Case
Sofia Ranchordás
Convened by Richard Albert. With
the support of the Whitney and Betty
MacMillan Center for International
and Area Studies at Yale; the Research
Support Program on Intergovernmental
Affairs and Québec Identity; and the
Québec / United States University
Grant Program
canada.macmillan.yale.edu