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DESCRIPTION:Winners of the Baxter Family Competition on Federalism 2023: Fe
 deralism: What Makes it Work (or not!)\n\n9I���������’s Faculty of L
 aw and the Peter MacKell Chair in Federalism are delighted to announce the
  winners of the 2022-2023 Baxter Family Competition on Federalism. \n\nOrg
 anized by Professor Johanne Poirier\, this essay competition was open to s
 tudents and recent graduates in law and political science. We received num
 erous submissions of an exceptional quality from scholars and junior pract
 itioners from 13 countries\, including Argentina\, Australia\, Austria\, C
 anada\, Germany\, Haiti\, India\, Ireland\, Italy\, Kenya\, Spain\, the Un
 ited Kingdom and the United States.\n\n\n	First Prize: Shahal Khoso (Pakist
 ani PhD candidate in Political Science\, Universitat Pompeu Fabra\, Barcel
 ona\, Spain) – $5\,000\n		“Postcolonial Federalism: Tracing Colonial State-F
 ormation in the Global South”\n		For its original and ground-breaking argume
 nt challenging Western-centric approaches to federalism\, through a skillf
 ul comparative and historical angle.\n\n\n \n\n\n	Second Prize: Arnaud Host
 e and Ashley Saad (LLM candidates\, 9I���������\, Montreal\, Canada)
  – $3\,000\n		“Canadian Federalism and Environmental Protection: What Makes 
 it Work (or Not!)”\n		For its important insights into a complex and relevant
  area of Canadian federalism\, supported by a rich diversity of sources.\n
 \n\n \n\n\n	Third Prize: Nadine Dahou and Anne-Frédérique Naud (MA candidat
 es in Applied Political Studies\, Université de Sherbrooke\, Canada) – $1\
 ,000\n		“The Evolution of Intergovernmental Relations in Immigration: Cooper
 ative Federalism in Canada and Australia”\n		For its skillful comparative ap
 proach to a crucial issue facing federal states\, supported by a profound 
 analysis of secondary sources.\n\n\n \n\n\n	Special Mention from the Jury: 
 Andreas Samartzis (Greek PhD candidate in Law\, University of Cambridge\, 
 United Kingdom)\n		“Judicial Supremacy in the European Federal Union”\n		For i
 ts novel perspective and instructive overview of theoretical approaches to
  the legitimacy of judicial power in this complex polity.\n\n\n \n\n\n	Spec
 ial Mention from the Jury: Olivier Jacques (Assistant Professor in Public 
 Health\, Université de Montréal\, Canada)\n		“Régler le déséquilibre fiscal 
 ? Les contraintes politiques et institutionnelles à deux solutions idéales
 ”\n		For its strong theoretical and practical contribution to the global deb
 ate on a crucial issue of redistribution and balance in the Canadian feder
 al system.\n\n\nWe are deeply grateful to the distinguished members of our
  international jury\, who thoroughly considered the submissions for the 20
 23 Competition:\n\n\n	The Honourable Marie Deschamps\, former Justice at th
 e Supreme Court of Canada\n	The Honourable Clément Gascon\, former Justice 
 at the Supreme Court of Canada\n	Prof. Maria Jesus Garcia Morales\, Profess
 or of Constitutional Law at the Autonomous University of Barcelona\n	Prof. 
 Rekha Saxena\, Professor at the Department of Political Science at the Uni
 versity of Delhi\n	Prof. Sabine Kropp\, Professor of German Politics at the
  Otto Suhr Institute of Political Science at the Free University of Berlin
 \n	Prof. Yonatan T. Fessha\, Professor of Law and Research Chair in constit
 utional design in divided societies at the University of the Western Cape
 \n	Prof. Guy Laforest\, Emeritus Professor of Political Science at Laval Un
 iversity\; member of the Centre de recherche interdisciplinaire sur la div
 ersité et la démocratie (CRIDAQ)\; and independent scholar\n	Josiah Wamwere
 -Njoroge\, winner of the 2021 edition of the Baxter Family Competition on 
 Federalism\, post-graduate student at the Kenya School of Law.\n\n\nWinner
 s will present their paper at the Baxter Family Symposium on Federalism\, 
 which will be held at 9I���������’s Faculty Club on Friday\, May 5th
 \, 2023\, from 12:00 to 2:30 PM. More information will soon be shared on t
 he Peter MacKell Chair in Federalism’s website and social media.\n\nTo att
 end the Symposium\, please RSVP at baxter-competition.law [at] mcgill.ca. 
 A light lunch will be served.\n
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LOCATION:9I���������’s Faculty Club
SUMMARY:Baxter Family Symposium on Federalism 2023
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