VUB Contextual Research in Law

  Praktijkassistent Vincenzo De Meulenaere was te gast in het programma de Afspraak  (VRT Canvas), om er zijn boek Coudenberg   voor te stellen. Meer informatie hier .

(image source:  CitéPhilo ) Introduction by Laurent de Sutter. Abstract: Constitutions have good press. Associated with marks of progress, they have nourished since their appearance the political imaginations of peoples aspiring to emancipation. The history of constitutionalism is however far from the story that is commonly made of it. Constitutional texts have never had the virtues that they are given: rather than promoting social progress and equality, they have most often been tools of domination. Despite their seductive rhetoric, these writings are indeed powerless to bring about the ideals they proclaim. Unable to limit the power of constituted interests, they served above all the assertion of an economic rationality indifferent to the fate of the populations, under the guise of defense of the rule of law and freedoms. Tracing the history of writing constitutions and their effects, Laureline Fontaine offers an innovative criticism of this foundation of liberal societies. It sh...

(image source:  CitéPhilo ) Introduction by Laurent de Sutter. Abstract: Constitutions have good press. Associated with marks of progress, they have nourished since their appearance the political imaginations of peoples aspiring to emancipation. The history of constitutionalism is however far from the story that is commonly made of it. Constitutional texts have never had the virtues that they are given: rather than promoting social progress and equality, they have most often been tools of domination. Despite their seductive rhetoric, these writings are indeed powerless to bring about the ideals they proclaim. Unable to limit the power of constituted interests, they served above all the assertion of an economic rationality indifferent to the fate of the populations, under the guise of defense of the rule of law and freedoms. Tracing the history of writing constitutions and their effects, Laureline Fontaine offers an innovative criticism of this foundation of liberal societies. It sh...

(bron afbeelding:  KBR )  Op dinsdag 1 april  trekken we met het keuzevak Rechtsgeschiedenis  (Master of Laws in de Rechten) naar de prachtige  Krantenzaal  van de Koninklijke Bibliotheek van België. drs. Antoine Leclère  (FRS-FNRS/ULiège-VUB, Joint PhD) zal er een lezing geven over het prinsbidsom Luik in de achttiende eeuw (perspectieven op grondwet en buitenlandse betrekkingen) . Vincenzo De Meulenaere  (praktijkassistent) zal er zijn recente boek   Coudenberg . Het verdwenen Versailles van België  (Borgerhoff & Lamberigts, 2025) voorstellen, over het verdwenen paleis op de Coudenberg, vlakbij de locatie ! Wie beide lezingen wenst bij te wonen ( 15:00-16:45 ), contacteert best Frederik dot Dhondt at vub dot be. Afspraak 14:55  aan het standbeeld van Albert I (beneden aan de Kunstberg).

(image source:  CitéPhilo ) Introduction by Laurent de Sutter. Abstract: Constitutions have good press. Associated with marks of progress, they have nourished since their appearance the political imaginations of peoples aspiring to emancipation. The history of constitutionalism is however far from the story that is commonly made of it. Constitutional texts have never had the virtues that they are given: rather than promoting social progress and equality, they have most often been tools of domination. Despite their seductive rhetoric, these writings are indeed powerless to bring about the ideals they proclaim. Unable to limit the power of constituted interests, they served above all the assertion of an economic rationality indifferent to the fate of the populations, under the guise of defense of the rule of law and freedoms. Tracing the history of writing constitutions and their effects, Laureline Fontaine offers an innovative criticism of this foundation of liberal societies. It sh...

  Dr. Stefano Cattelan  will present at the University of Padova on his upcoming monograph, with Antonio Del Vecchio (Università di Bologna) and Cristina Setti (Università di Padova) as discutants. Click on the image to enlarge. More information with michele dot basso at unipd dot it and clauda dot passarella at unipd dot it.