SPAIN AND THE PARLIAMENTARY MONARCHY
SUMMER COURSE. JULY 18 & 19, 2022
FRANCISCO DE VITORIA UNIVERSITY - VILLACISNEROS FOUNDATION - NEOS
PRACTICAL INFORMATION
Dates:
July 18 and 19, 2022
Deadline for registration:
from Monday, June 27 to Monday, July 18
Contact:
Álvaro de la Torre: a.delatorre@ufv.es a.delatorre@ufv.es
Laura Iniesta: laura.iniesta@ufv.es
Place:
Salón de Grados (module 2, Central Building), Universidad Francisco de Vitoria
Universidad Francisco de Vitoria, ctra. Pozuelo a Majadahonda, km. 1,800. 28223 Pozuelo de Alarcón (Madrid)
Registration fee:
- UFV students and professors: free
- Students from other centers (accredited with registration): €30 (includes the right to attend the lectures, certification of attendance and two refreshments during the mid-morning breaks)
- Professors from other centers, professionals, and the general public: €50 (includes the right to attend the lectures, certification of attendance and two coffees during the mid-morning breaks)
Registration via web page will be available at the beginning of the registration period. The academic directors of the course reserve the right to make changes in the program or in the spaces available for the course.
PROGRAM
DAY ONE. MONDAY, JULY 18. Salón de Grados (module 2, Central Building), UFV
Morning session
9.30am. Opening and presentation
Javier de Cendra de Larragán, Dean of the Faculty of Law, Business and Government, Universidad Francisco de Vitoria.
10am. Lecture: “The Crown in our legal system”
Javier Tajadura Tejada, Professor of Constitutional Law, University of the Basque Country.
11.10am. Coffee break
11.30am. Panel discussion: “The legacy of D. Juan Carlos”
Moderator: Carlos Cuesta, Journalist.
Speakers: Rafael Arias-Salgado, Former Minister of Public Works.
Speakers: Eduardo Serra Rexach, Former Minister of Defense.
Speakers: Ramón Rodríguez Arribas, Former Vice President of the Constitutional Court.
1pm. Lecture: “Challenges of the parliamentary monarchy”
Asunción de la Iglesia Chamarro, Professor of Constitutional Law at the University of Navarra.
Afternoon session
5pm. Lecture: “The reign of Felipe VI: threats and opportunities”
Luis Cazorla Prieto, Lawyer of the Cortes Generales, State Lawyer.
6pm. Panel discussion “The role of the Crown: function and representation”
Moderator: Jesús Miguel López Nieto, Professor of Constitutional Law, Francisco de Vitoria University, lawyer.
Speakers: Enrique Fliquete Lliso, Professor of Constitutional Law at the University of Valencia.
Speakers: Álvaro de la Torre Gil, Professor of Theory of Law and International Law, Coordinator of the Society of Political Studies at the Francisco de Vitoria University.
Speakers: Vicente Garrido Mayol, Professor of Constitutional Law at the University of Valencia
DAY TWO. TUESDAY, JULY 19. Salón de Grados (module 2, Central Building), UFV
Morning session
9.30am. Panel discussion: “Parliamentary Monarchies in Comparative Law”
Moderator: Álvaro de la Torre Gil, Professor of Theory of Law and International Law, Coordinator of the Society of Political Studies of the University Francisco de Vitoria.
Speakers: Antonio Torres del Moral, Professor of Constitutional Law at UNED.
Speakers: Göran Rollnert Liern, Professor of Constitutional Law at the University of Valencia.
Speakers: Luis Gordillo Pérez, Professor of Constitutional Law at the University of Deusto.
10.30am. Lecture: “Felipe VI before a polarized world”
Daniel Berzosa López, Professor of Constitutional Law at CUNEF.
11.40am. Coffee-break
12pm. Round table discussion “Validity and advantages of the monarchical institution”
Moderator: Carlos de Urquijo, Project Director of the Villacisneros Foundation.
Speakers: Jaime Mayor Oreja, Former Minister of the Interior.
Speakers: Juan José Laborda, Former President of the Senate.
Speakers: Adolfo Suárez Illana, Deputy, fourth secretary of the Bureau of the Congress of Deputies.
1.30pm Closing ceremony
Ignacio Cosidó, Executive Director of the Center for the Global Common Good, Francisco de Vitoria University. Former Director General of Police
ACADEMIC DIRECTORS OF THE COURSE
- Carlos de Urquijo. Project Director of the Villacisneros Foundation.
- Enrique Fliquete Lliso. Professor of Constitutional Law at the University of Valencia.
- Álvaro de la Torre Gil. Professor of Theory of Law and International Law. Coordinator of the Society of Political Studies of the Universidad Francisco de Vitoria