EXHIBITIONS

THE "BAD WEATHER FOR PARLIAMENT" EXHIBITION

The exhibition "Un mauvais temps pour le Parlement" ("Bad weather for Parliament") was produced by three students from the Master 2 in General Public Law and Public Litigation, class of 2024, as part of the Constitutional Law and Litigation seminar taught by Professor Emmanuel Cartier, full professor in Public Law at the University of Lille and co-director of the Master 2 in General Public Law and Public Litigation. The aim of the exhibition was to highlight the work carried out by the ParlTime research network teams, and more specifically parliamentary time.

The exhibition was on display at the University of Lille, the Institut d'Études Politiques de Lille and the Conseil Régional des Hauts-de-France from 15 December 2023 to 5 February 2024.

The exhibition has been transcribed onto this website with the greatest care, in order to faithfully reproduce its essence and richness. The aim of this adaptation is to offer online visitors an experience that is as close as possible to that experienced on site.

The Bad Weather for Parliament exhibition & the ParlTime project

The "Bad Weather for Parliament" exhibition is structured around six main themes that examine the complex relationship between time and the functioning of parliamentary institutions: the very nature of time, the fragile stability of rationalised parliamentarism, the frantic rush of assemblies, the difficulty of harmonising government demands with effective legislative work in a limited time, the overall management of parliamentary time, and finally the tendency to make an exceptional situation permanent. These subjects correspond closely to the issues addressed by the European ParlTime project, which is carrying out a comparative analysis of the relationship between time and parliament in several European countries. By highlighting these dimensions, the exhibition serves as a vehicle for disseminating the results and insights of this research. It offers the public a better understanding of the challenges of managing parliamentary time, while highlighting the scope and importance of this project for current and future representative democracy.

The exhibition on site

Installed in the hall of the faculty's R building, the “Un mauvais temps pour le Parlement” exhibition accompanied the ParlTime conference, sharing its theme.
It presented the contents of the project in a series of panels combining text and visuals.
Designed for both visitors and conference participants, the exhibition provided an accessible, concise overview of the issues explored.

A closer look at the works on display

The exhibition was created by Dahl Rrodigue, Konieczko Émile and by Picque Caroline, former students of the Master 2 in General Public Law and Public Litigation at the University of Lille, class of 2024.

The design of this exhibition reflects the remarkable commitment of the three students behind the project, all members of the class of 2024 of the Master 2 in General Public Law and Public Litigation at the University of Lille. Mr Dahl Rrodigue, Mr Konieczko Émile and Ms Picque Caroline have combined legal rigour, a sense of pedagogy and analytical finesse to make a subject as dense as parliamentary time accessible.

Their work is distinguished by an approach that is both demanding in content and inventive in form. Each of them has made a valuable contribution to the development of this exhibition: the clarity of the visuals, the relevance of the extracts chosen, and the intelligent structuring of the tour proposed to visitors reflect a real intellectual maturity. Their mastery of constitutional issues and their ability to present them clearly demonstrate not only a high level of education, but also a sincere interest in the profound mechanisms of parliamentary democracy.

This project would not have been possible without their ability to work together, to share their respective expertise and to demonstrate constant rigour in both legal and methodological terms. Their contribution is fully in line with the research dynamic promoted by the ParlTime network and illustrates the excellence of the teaching provided within the Master 2 programme.

Access to the partner organization's website: Institut national du service public

Access to the partner organization's website: Association française de droit constitutionnel