The Lebanese Confessional System and its Forms of Authoritarianism Talk at 98 Weeks

98 Weeks Project Space is holding a talk with Giacomo Galeno about the Lebanese Confessional System.

The talk begins with a brief explanation of how the confessional system works and will then explore the notion of authoritarianism that proceeds the concept of democracy and of “Electoral Gap” of the Arab countries. Galeno will examine different points of the Lebanese confessional system including the absence of a law that regulates the personal status, the famous question of civil marriage; and the debate about the electoral law and the perpetuation of the political class, family dynasties in power, the parties and their electoral feuds that allow them this domination.

The talk will be in French.