Panel 2 · March 20

Critical Junctures: Evolving Laws & Political Institutions

Four undergraduate papers examine how legal frameworks and institutional design shape political outcomes, accountability, and the rule of law.

March 20, 2026
12:30 PM – 1:30 PM
Clubs Lounge, SSMU Building
Étienne Sinotte (PhD Candidate) & Hunaifa Malik (PhD Candidate)
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Haya Abdelmeguid
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Haya Abdelmeguid
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"Canadian Federalism to the Test: Dissecting the Tensions Between Ottawa and Quebec on the Division of Asylum Governance and Its Effects on Refugee Protection"
Olivier Lesage Filippin
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Olivier Lesage Filippin
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"Of Leverage and Reform: The Consequences of EU Membership on Judicial Systems in Diverse Member States"
Margaux Duchanaud
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Margaux Duchanaud
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"From Strength to Weakness to Fiction: The Illusion of Separation of Powers in the American Constitution"
Tristan Hernandez
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Tristan Hernandez
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""Non-Property" and the Zapatista Reformation: The Politics of Agrarian Law in the Autonomous Communities"