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DESCRIPTION:The Oppenheimer Chair and the Centre for Human Rights and Legal
  Pluralism invite you to a talk by Florian Couveinhes Matsumoto\, on how t
 reaties are used to bypass and weaken democracy\, and what we can do about
  it.\n\nCoffee and Tea will be served. RSVP at oppenheimer [at] mcgill.ca
 \n\nAbstract\n\nThis talk will focus on the potential threats to Democracy
  posed by treaties\, and on more democratic ways to negotiate\, adopt and 
 ratify them. Couveinhes Matsumoto will address how treaties are used by a 
 business and political elite to impose unpopular organs\, procedures and p
 olicies\; the reasons explaining why these methods are increasingly proble
 matic and criticized\; and how to improve the democratic character of trea
 ty negotiations\, adoption and ratification.\n\nSpeaker\n\nFlorian Couvein
 hes Matsumoto is Assistant Professor of public Law at the École normale su
 périeure (Ulm) in Paris\, France\, where he teaches international Law\, Eu
 ropean Law\, legal philosophy and the history of legal thought.\n
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LOCATION:NCDH 609\, Chancellor Day Hall\, CA\, QC\, Montreal\, H3A 1W9\, 36
 44 rue Peel
SUMMARY:Is ‘Political’ International Law the Enemy of Democracy?
URL:/law/channels/event/political-international-law-en
 emy-democracy-275013
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