Event
2021 Symposium of the Baxter Family Competition in Federalism (online)
The Baxter Family Competition in Federalism is a prestigious bi-annual competition, with the overarching goal of advancing research and fostering informed debate on federalism by young jurists (including law students, law PhD Candidates, junior legal scholars and junior lawyers) from around the world. This year's theme was Federalism, Identity and Public Policy in Challenging Times.
The MacKell Chair is pleased to welcome the three winners and the recipient of the honourable mention of the 2021 edition of the Baxter Family Symposium in Federalism to present their papers, which are available on the main 苹果淫院 Law site.
- First prize:聽Josiah Wamwere-Njoroge聽(LLB candidate, Riara University, Nairobi, Kenya): 鈥淭he Utility of a Decentralized Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic鈥�
- Second prize:聽Kelty McKerracher聽(JD/JID candidate, University of Victoria, Canada): 鈥淩elational Legal Pluralism and Indigenous Legal Orders in Canada".
- Third prize:聽Beno卯t Delerue聽(PhD candidate in political science, Universit茅 Jean Moulin Lyon 3, Lyon, France): 鈥淟e r茅gime f茅d茅ratif face au triptyque structure-conjoncture-fracture : 茅volution structurelle des f茅d茅rations canadienne et 茅tats-unienne sous l鈥檈ffet des crises conjoncturelles et des fractures politiques鈥�
- Honourable mention:聽Philipp Renninger聽(PhD candidate in law, University of Lucerne and University of Freiburg, Switzerland and Germany): 鈥溾�楩ederalism, Chinese Style鈥�? or: How to Contain COVID-19 Through a Central-Local Chess Game鈥�
To register for this symposium and to receive the Zoom link, write to baxter-competition.law [at] mcgill.ca.
