Unwritten Constitutional Norms and Principles (DFG-Projekt)

This project examines the phenomenon of unwritten constitutionalism from a comparative and inter-disciplinary perspective, focusing on three jurisdictions: Canada, the United Kingdom, and Germany. Professor Dr. Se-shauna Wheatle of Durham University is the Project Lead and leader of the project's UK team. Professor Dr. Vanessa MacDonnell of the University of Ottawa will lead the project’s Canada team and the project’s Germany team will be led by Professor Dr. Florian Meinel of Georg-August-Universität Göttingen. The project is funded by the Open Research Area (ORA) 7, a special agreement for social sciences research between the French National Research Agency (ANR), the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) of Germany; the Economic and Social Re, search Council of UK Research and Innovation (ESRC) from the UK, and the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) in Canada. More details about the project can be found on the project website.





Diego Platz Pereira
- Research Assistant -
Tel.: (0551) 39-24693
Mail: diego.albuquerqueplatzpereira@jura.uni-goettingen.de