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“Governing Across Time: Transitional Provisions in Constitutions”

Lecture by Tom Ginsburg (Leo Spitz Distinguished Service Professor of International Law, University of Chicago Law School)

Thursday, February 5, 2026, from 4:30 p.m. to 6:00 p.m., Thomson House Ballroom. Open to all, a reception will follow.

Registration is appreciated, by e-mail at the following address or via Facebook. One McGill student, chosen at random from among those registered for the event and who are currently students at McGill, will receive a copy of Tom Ginsberg’s book (cowritten with Aziz Huq) entitled How To Save A Constitutional Democracy (2018, University of Chicago Press).

Organized by the Research Group on Constitutional Studies Lecture Series (RGCS), a unit of the Yan P. Lin Centre for the Study of Freedom and Global Orders in the Ancient and Modern Worlds.

For more information on the lecture series and other RCGS events, please see their website or their Facebook page.