The Role of the European Court of Justice in the Age of Terrorism
The Role of the European Court of Justice in the
Age of Terrorism
Wednesday, November 19. 3-5, Griswold 110
The ECJ recently rendered a controversial judgment on freezing of funds of suspected terrorists – it highlighted one of the crucial dillemas in international law today: How to strike a balance between human rights and security?
This poses a plethora of fundamental questions of the international legal order: Is there a different approach to this balance today in the United States and in Europe? What is the role of a court such as the European Court of Justice in this debate and, more specifically, what is the relationship between the powers of the UN Security Council and the jurisdiction of the European Court of Justice?
Should courts re-asses their role in the age of terrorism?
OUR MOST DISTINGUISHED PANEL:
Prof. Grainne de Burca, visiting prof.
Harvard Law School
Prof. Daniel Halberstam,
Michigan Law School
Prof. Gerard L. Neuman, Harvard Law School
No prior reading is necessary, but for those interested you may want to read judgments T- 315/01 and C-415/05 available on
Pizza and refreshments will be served
