Book Symposium: Constitutional Interpretation @UCLLaws

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This event was co-organised with the Center for Transnational Legal Studies.

Book Symposium: Constitutional Interpretation

This symposium will engage with the recently published research handbook on Constitutional Interpretation, edited by Sujit Choudhry, Kate O’Regan and Carlos Bernal, and published by Edward Elgar Publishing.

The recording contains solely the first panel. A full write-up of the event is available here: ucl.ac.uk/laws/news/2026/jun/book-symposium-constitutional-interpretation.

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