The Legal Studies Department of Central European University, Budapest in partnership Open Society Institute, Budapest intends to discuss the constitutional problems of religion and its organized forms in public life not as a strictly legal issue, but combining constitutional and human rights aspects with historical, political, psychological and sociological dimensions. Opening remarks by President and Rector John Shattuck. Confirmed speakers include Shlomo Avineri, Matthias Mahlmann, Bassam Tibi, Michael McConnell, Judge Lech Garlicki, Ayelet Shachar, Cole Durham, Nazila Ghanea, Patrick Weil, Susanna Mancini, Karl-Heinz Ladeur, Lorenzo Zucca, Ronan McCrea, Robert Blitt, Peter Petkoff, Javier Martinez-Torron, Balazs Schanda and Guy Haarscher.
