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TIME CHANGE Mr. William Valasidis Substantive and procedural challenges for the European Court of Justice in the post-enlargement era
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Harvard European Law Association invites you to
a talk given by
the senior legal secretary (référandaire) of the President of the European Court of Justice
Mr. William Valasidis
Substantive and procedural challenges for the European Court of Justice in the post-enlargement era
(Delimiting EU Competences in the Criminal Law Area – Urgent Premininary Reference Procedure – Striking a balance between multiligualism and efficiency)
Thursday, February 26, 1.15-2.15., Pound 332
Refreshments – lunch will be served
Mr. Valasidis knows the ins and outs of the European Court of Justice and he may also answer other questions you may have on the ECJ.
Room Change to Pound 332 – Reason and Authority in the European Court of Justice: A Lecture & Discussion led by Prof. V. Perju (Boston College Law School)
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Harvard European Law Association
invites you to a talk entitled
Reason and Authority in the European Court of Justice
Professor Vlad Perju, Boston College, Law School
Thai lunch will be served!
Thursday, February 19. at 12.00, Pound 332
The European Court of Justice has long been criticized for its short judgments not explaining in enough detail the reasons for its decisions, particularly in comparison to the US Supreme Court. Come join the debate with prof. Vlad Perju, SJD ’07, who argues for a discursive turn in the ECJ’s legal reasoning. The argument addresses fundamental questions of judicial discourse, legal reasoning and legitimacy.
Citation:Virginia Journal of International Law, Vol. 49, No. 2, 2009
Boston College Law School Legal Studies Research Paper No. 170
Abstract:
This Article makes the case for a discursive turn in European law. Contrary to the prevailing view, politicizing the judicial discourse of the European Court of Justice would strengthen, more than undermine, the Court’s authority. This argument is made with reference to the ECJ’s reason giving practice, specifically to the relation between the form and content of its decisions. Allowing its members to write separate opinions will enable the Court to redefine its role on the European institutional and political stages The Article then answers doctrinal, institutional and juriscultural objections to its central thesis.
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Are you interested in the European job market? Do you want to pursue a PhD, a post-doc, an academic or a professional career on the other side of the ocean? We invite you to join us at the 13th European Career Fair (ECF) in Cambridge, MA, the largest career fair of its kind.
Feel free to forward this information to all interested parties!
The 13th European Career Fair in short
- January 23, 2009 – European Innovation and Entrepreneurship workshop and Swiss networking reception
- January 24, 2009 – Career Fair Day with exhibits and presentations by employers from industry, academia and research.
- January 25, 2009 – Information session “Research in Germany”, “Working in The Netherlands”, Sciencecareers panel discussion “Industry in Europe“
- January 25-26, 2009 – Interviews for selected candidates
Why should you attend?
- Unlike many career fairs, ECF aims to represent the full breadth of the European job market. Whether you are looking for a job in industry or a non-profit sector, you will find something of you interested at ECF.
- All areas of research and study are welcome! Recruiters are looking to fill vacancies at all levels. Graduate students, professional degrees and post-docs are especially encouraged to apply.
- Over 50% of the interviews taking place on January 25 and 26 are scheduled at the Fair day; so bring your resume!
More information
For a list of employers for ECF2009, or more detailed information go to the website:
http://www.euro-career.com
We look forward to seeing you!
The European Career Fair 2009 Team
Call for Papers: Law of the European Union
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Call for Papers: Law of the European Union
The Harvard European Law Association is seeking articles on EU law for online publication in the Harvard European Law Association’s internet site, http://www.law.harvard.edu/students/orgs/hela/workingpaper.html The working papers series is the precursor to an eventual EU Law Journal (ca. 5 years hence). Articles may be of any length. Book reviews and biographies or unscientific writings are not in the Working Paper Series’s ambit and cannot be considered. Political science works may be considered, exceptionally, where the topic is clearly of direct concern to lawyers and judges. Rigorous scientific standards are to be observed – an average of 4-6 notes per page, an abstract of the article in English, spacing 1.5, times new roman 12 pt, complete footnotes, not endnotes or inline notes. Articles without abstracts cannot be considered. Where possible, articles should include abstracts in more than one language. Bibliographies may be included but are not required. Articles may be submitted as doc, rtf, pdf or html. Articles will be considered in English, French, German Spanish and Italian. In those cases however an English language abstract must be provided. Editing will go to grammar and language only — non native English speakers’ articles will be grammatically corrected into standard international English by the editors. The editors will not be able to bluebook your work and works with incomplete and incorrect footnotes will not be considered. Inline notes (parenthetical style) is not acceptable. Ibid, Id. or Op.Cit. forms may be used or omitted. Correct numerotation of footnotes is the author’s responsibilty. The notes should be in the bluebook format, though British legal footnoting style is also acceptable. Electronic formatting is the principle responsibility of the author — essentially, presented works should be “camera ready copy”. Main text 12 point, times new roman, 1.5 line spacing, 10 point times new roman for footnotes.
Please send submissions to
ericallenengle@hotmail.com
Harvard European Law Association
De Burca, Neuman & Halberstam on EU & the Kadi Decision (Terrorist Asset Freezing)
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JOBS IN EUROPE – deadline extension
Are you interested in the European job market? Do you want to pursue a PhD, a post-doc, an academic or a professional career on the other side of the ocean? We invite you to join us at the 13th European Career Fair (ECF) in Cambridge, MA, the largest career fair of its kind.
Get started!
We invite you to submit your resume today, by registering online for the ECF2009 at www.euro-career.com.
Due to continuing high interest, the deadline for resume submission has been extended to Wednesday, Dec 10th 2008. Resumes need to be prepared in PDF format.
Feel free to forward this information to all interested parties!
The 13th European Career Fair in short
- January 23, 2009 – Lunch meeting about Entrepreneurship in Europe. Afternoon panel discussion hosted by the European Commission and the MIT International Science and Technology Initiatives (MISTI).
- January 24, 2009 – Career Fair Day with exhibits and presentations by employers from industry, academia and research.
- January 25-26, 2009 – Interviews for selected candidates. Science careers panel discussion on careers in European industry. Information sessions about working in German and Dutch academia and industry.
Why should you attend?
- Unlike many career fairs, ECF aims to represent the full breadth of the European job market. Whether you are looking for a job in industry or a non-profit sector, you will find something of you interested at ECF.
- All areas of research and study are welcome! Recruiters are looking to fill vacancies at all levels. Graduate students, professional degrees and post-docs are especially encouraged to apply.
- By submitting your resume before the deadline, employers can invite you for interviews prior to the fair. In addition, you can connect face to face with >140 employers from industry, academia and research on the fair day!
More information
For a list of employers that participated in previous European Career Fairs, or more detailed information go to the website:
http://www.euro-career.com
We look forward to seeing you!
The European Career Fair 2009 Team
Mayor of Tuzla, Bosnia and Herzegovina Speaks at Harvard
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WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 3
4:00 p.m.
With the Power of Tolerance, Tuzla Takes the Lead
Mr. Jasmin Imamovic, Mayor of Tuzla, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Neustadt Classroom (RG20), Rubenstein Building
John F. Kennedy School of Government
79 John F. Kennedy St.
Cambridge, MA
Free and open to the public
In a public address at the Harvard Kennedy School, Jasmin Imamovic, mayor of Tuzla, Bosnia-Herzegovina’s third largest city, will share insights on post-conflict reconstruction, reconciliation and development in a multi-ethnic community. Since the 1992-1995 Bosnian conflict, Tuzla has been transformed into a regional model of community development, thanks to the Mayor’s policies. By promoting coexistence and tolerance, Mayor Imamovic has transformed the city, maintained its multi-ethnic character, and bridged partisan lines. He has encouraged investment in the trade and tourism sectors, set ambitious development strategies, and even gained Tuzla a spot in the Guinness Book of World Records — for the largest number of couples kissing simultaneously. An acclaimed author as well as a renowned political figure, Mayor Imamovic is committed to revitalizing Tuzla. “We cherish the philosophy of love and not hatred,” the Mayor has said. “Let the love revolution start from here.”
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If you could spread the word of this noteworthy lecture to your colleagues and classmates, we would very much appreciate it.
Warm holiday wishes,
Ilyana
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Ilyana Sawka
Program Coordinator
Kokkalis Program on Southeastern & East-Central Europe
John F. Kennedy School of Government
79 John F. Kennedy Street
Cambridge MA 02138
617.496.7115
http://www.hks.harvard.edu/kokkalis
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Harvard European Law Association
Working Papers Series Graduate Seminar
US Experimentalism: A Governance
Model for the EU?
Wednesday, December 3rd, 12 – 1 p.m.
Location: Pound 203
*** Refreshments will be served! ***
Visiting Researcher Mark Dawson from the European University Institute (Florence, Italy) will present on new modes of governance and law-making in the European Union.
ALL ARE WELCOME!!!
In the last decade, the European Union has begun to experiment with new mechanisms for the agreement of EU laws. Perhaps the most significant has been the ‘Open Method of Coordination’ (OMC) – an instrument of ‘soft law’, designed to coordinate Member State action in sensitive policy areas. The OMC has significantly altered the basic model for EU law, focusing not on the agreement of common standards, but on the need to adapt European rules to a more local context, ‘experimenting’ with different policy solutions in the process.
This new focus has attracted US attention. It opens the door to a reading of the OMC as part of a new and ‘transformative’ stage in European integration; one where open and experimental legal standards become a central part of European law-making more broadly. On the other hand, the experimentalist framework has attracted some resistance – do the differences between the US and EU contexts make it unsuitable for European consumption? And do the basic tenets of experimentalism actually explain the operation of the OMC as it stands? In the presentation we will pose a question that has become central to Trans-Atlantic scholarship on ‘new governance’: can this particular model for legal reform either explain or guide vital changes in the EU’s governance architecture?
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You can read Mark’s Working Paper at
http://www.law.harvard.edu/students/orgs/hela/workingpaper.html
