Silvia Suteu is Lecturer in Public Law at the University College London. She was previously a tutor and ESRC Research Fellow at the University of Edinburgh, where she also co-founded and convened the Constitutional Law Discussion Group and acted as Associate Director for Research Engagement of the Edinburgh Centre for Constitutional Law. Her current research interests are in comparative constitutional law and constitutional theory. She is especially interested in the theory and practice of deliberative constitutional change, constitutional entrenchment and democratic theory (in particular eternity clauses), transitional constitutionalism, and gender-sensitive constitution-making. She has also done work in international humanitarian and human rights law. She obtained her PhD in Law from the University of Edinburgh, titled “Eternity and the Constitution: The Promise and Limits of Eternity Clauses”.
Research Interests: Theory and practice of deliberative constitutional change, Constitutional entrenchment and democratic theory (in particular eternity clauses), Transitional constitutionalism, Gender-sensitive constitution-making, International humanitarian, and Human rights law
| Institution: | University College London |
| Fields of Expertise: | Democracy and Political Participation Gender Politics and Policy Human Rights Law and Legal Issues |
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| Email: | s.suteu@ucl.ac.uk |
| Media outreach: | Yes |
| Languages: | English |
| Publications: | Suteu, S. (2019). The Populist Turn in Central and Eastern Europe: Is Deliberative Democracy Part of the Solution?. European Constitutional Law Review, 15 (3). Suteu, S. (2018). Brexit and the Courts: The Uncertain Fate of Constitutional Referendums in the UK. Quaderni Costituzionali, XXXVIII (3), 741-754. Suteu, S., & Brodeala, E. (2018). Women and Constitution-Making in Post-Communist Romania. In H. Irving, R. Rubio Marin (Eds.), Women As Constitution-Makers: Case Studies From The New Democratic Era. Cambridge University Press. Suteu, S. (2017). Participatory Constitution-making and the Renovation of the UK Constitution. In P. Blokker (Ed.), Constitutional Acceleration within the European Union and Beyond (pp. 101-120). Routledge. Suteu, S. (2017). The Multinational State That Wasn’t: The Constitutional Definition of Romania as a National State. Vienna Online Journal on International Constitutional Law, 2017 (3). Suteu, S. (Ed.). (2017). The Romanian Constitution at 25 – A Critical Examination of Romanian Constitutionalism [Whole issue]. Vienna Journal of International Constitutional Law, 11 (3-4). Suteu, S. (2017). The Scottish Independence Referendum and the Participatory Turn in UK Constitution-Making: The Move towards a Constitutional Convention. Global Constitutionalism, 6 (2), 184-217. Suteu, S. (2016). Developing Democracy through Citizen Engagement: The Advent of Popular Participation in UK Constitution-Making. Cambridge Journal of International and Comparative Law, 4 (2), 405-422. Suteu, S. (2015). Constitutional Conventions in the Digital Era: Lessons from Iceland and Ireland. Boston College International and Comparative Law Review, 38 (2), 251-276. Suteu, S. (2015). Extraordinary Rendition and the European Court of Human Rights. In A. Bellal (Ed.), The War Report 2014 (pp. 603-620). Oxford University Press. Suteu, S., & Roznai, Y. (2015). The Eternal Territory? The Crimean Crisis and Ukraine’s Territorial Integrity as an Unamendable Constitutional Principle. German Law Journal, 16 (3), 542-580. |
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