Friday, 26 June 2015

 

9.00 – 10.00 – Meeting with judges of the Croatian Constitutional Court and the Croatian Supreme Court (venue: Constitutional Court)

 

10.30 – 10.45 – Opening

 

10.45 – 12.15 – Panel 1

Judge Koen Lenaerts, Vice President, Court of Justice of the EU

Discovering the Law of the EU: The ECJ and the Comparative Law Method

Commentator: Prof. Tamara Perišin, University of Zagreb

 

12.15 – 12.30 – Coffee break

 

12.30 – 14.00 – Panel 2

Prof. Michel Lasser, Cornell University

Decoding the European Judicial Appointments Debates Commentator: Prof. Josip Kregar, University of Zagreb

 

14.00 – 15.30 – Catered lunch

 

15.30 – 17.00 – Panel 3

Prof. Duncan Kennedy, Harvard University (via video link)

The Role of Courts in Very Imperfect Democracies

Commentator: Prof. Tamara Ćapeta, University of Zagreb

 

17.15 – 18.00 – Meeting with the Chairpersons of the Croatian Parliament Judiciary Committee and the Constitutional Committee (venue: Croatian Parliament).

 

18.00 – Buffet dinner at the Croatian Parliament

Saturday, 27 June 2015

 

9.15 – 10.45 – Panel 4

Judge Siniša Rodin, Court of Justice of the EU

Useful Effect of the European Arrest Warrant

Commentator:  Prof. Iris Goldner Lang, University of Zagreb

 

10.45 – 11.00 – Coffee break

 

11.00 – 12.30 – Panel 5

Prof. Pierre Schlag, University of Colorado

Creativity in Legal Interpretation

Commentator: Pieter-Augustijn Van Malleghem, Harvard University, University of Leuven

 

12.30 – 13.00 – Catered lunch

 

14.00 – 15.30 – Panel 6

Prof. Fernanda Nicola, American University, WCL

Politicization of CJEU Narratives in the Academic Discourse

Commentator: Prof. Zoran Kurelić, University of Zagreb

 

15.30 – 15.45 – Closing