(+961) 1 421 000 ext wissam.lahham@usj.edu.lb
Political scientist with a focus on constitutional law and political order, author of a number of research studies addressing the Civil state and constitutionalism, civic values, and political reform.
• Phd in political science
• research master's degree in political science
• Bachelor's degree in political science
Introduction to political thought.
Law, Political Sciences
Constitutionnal Law, political philosophy, Lebanese modern history.
Author of the book “Averroes and his call to philosophy” (in Arabic), Dar el Kutub el-ilmiyah, Beirut, 2012. (a study on political philosophy)
Author of the book “the caliphate: a study of the Sunni imamate institution” (in Arabic), Dar el Kutub el-ilmiyah, Beirut, 2009.
Author of the book “the simplified in the Lebanese Constitution”
(in Arabic), All Prints Distributors and Publishers,
Author of the book “The history of Lebanese Banknotes 1919-1964”,
published in Arabic, 2016 (first edition), 2017 (revised second edition),
French and English, Dergham, Beirut, 2016.
Research article published in the book: لبنان في مئويته الأولى (1920-2020), Notre Dame University Louaize, Beirut,
2020.
Co-author of the book, « Identités de
papier : essai documenté sur la logique identitaire », Dergham,
Beyrouth, 2022.
Member of the editorial committee that published the Book “Retours sur le Grand-Liban”, éditions de l’USJ, Beirut, December, 2020.
Co-author of the book, « Lebanese
Treasury Bonds », Dergham, Beyrouth, 2023.
Author of the Book “Lebanon, a civil state, a constitutional reality”, Dar Saer el Machreq, Beirut, August 2023.
Research paper “Lebanon, the Constitutional Experience under the Party Leaders' System” published in Arabic and English with “Konrad Adenauer Stiftung”, November, 2021.
Research paper “Lebanon: The Nature of the Civil State and the Sectarian Personal Status Laws” published in the ‘Journal of Constitutional Law in the Middle East and North Africa (JCL-MENA)’, Issue No 2, December 2021.
Solicited
by the “Legal Agenda’ as an expert consultant to write a study report on the
constitutional notion of caretaking governments in Lebanon. The study was
published in June 2022 (paper edition).
Solicited
by the “Legal Agenda’ as an expert consultant to write a study on the internal
regulations of the Lebanese Parliament. The study was published in December
2023 (paper edition).
Invited by
the ‘WESTMINSTER FOUNDATION FOR DEMOCRACY’ as a guest speaker in a training programme for a group of independent parliamentary candidates on the functions
and tasks of the Lebanese Parliament and the members of Parliament (11 March
2022).
Solicited by the ‘Lebanese Association for Democratic elections-Lade’ as an expert consultant to produce the Post-Elections Final Monitoring Report that includes all the data and reports from the pre-election phase, in addition to all the violations reported from the observers on Elections Day. The report was published in August 2022 (paper edition).
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