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The changing role of the ECB

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Gabriel Glöckler, Principal Adviser in the Directorate General Communications at the European Central Bank, will speak at the EUI on the changing role of the ECB in EU governance. His talk 'Framing the ECB’s role during the crisis: the rise of a ‘gouvernement des banquiers?’ will focus on the perceived concentration of the Bank’s power; the interplay with politics; questions surrounding the accountability of the ECB; and ultimately the Bank’s legitimacy in the evolving EMU set-up. The seminar is organised by the Florence School of Banking and Finance and the Department of Law's working group on EU Financial and Monetary Law on 1 December - please register. 

FSR- Climate Annual Conference 2016

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The Robert Schuman Centre’s Florence School of Regulation - Climate will  hold its Annual Conference 2016 at the EUI on 1-2 December.  This year’s focus is the economic assessment of European climate policies, and the conference will cover the main existing climate-related policies at EU, national and subnational levels.  Experts will lead sessions on EU ETS, carbon/energy taxation, energy efficiency policies and renewable policies, while keynote speeches will be delivered by Roger Guesnerie of the Collège de France and  by Jos Delbeke, Director General for Climate Action, European Commission. Registration is limited.

The impact of Chernobyl on EEC and Socialist Eastern European countries

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2016 marks the 30th anniversary of the Chernobyl nuclear accident, and it also coincides with the opening of historical fonds from the European Economic Community (EEC) at the HAEU concerning its reaction to the tragic event.  As this marks the first opportunity for scholars to explore primary sources on the subject, the ERC-funded project PanEur1970s, the Alcide De Gasperi Research Centre on the History of European integration, and the HAEU at the EUI have organized a conference to shed light on how the accident stimulated relations between the EEC and the Socialist Eastern European countries.  30 November – please register.

The return of history

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In 1992, Francis Fukuyama famously claimed that end of the Cold War and demise of Communism meant the end of ideological dispute. Liberal democracy had triumphed, and history as we knew it had come to an end. A quarter of a century later, liberal democracy is in crisis around the world. In The Return of History SPS Professor of International Relations Jennifer Welsh explains how the unthinkable happened. Read a discussion of Professor Welsh's volume in EUI Times. 

Publications


CADMUS

Legal insanity and the brain: science, law and European courts

Edited by Sofia Moratti and Dennis Patterson

The use of neuroscientific evidence in courts has triggered intense research on the intersection between neuroscience and the law. While focus has mainly been on criminal law, proposals for how neuroscience may inform issues of law and public policy extend to virtually all substantive areas in law. This volume brings together the latest work from leading scholars in the field to examine the philosophical issues that inform this emerging and vibrant subfield of law. From discussions featuring the philosophy of the mind to neuroscience-based lie detection, each chapter addresses foundational questions that arise with the application of neuroscientific technology in the legal sphere.

Autonomous weapons systems: law, ethics, policy

Edited by Nehal Bhuta, Susanne Beck, Robin Geiss, Hin-Yan Liu and Claus Kress

The legality and morality of weapons systems to which human cognitive functions are delegated (up to and including the capacity to select targets and release weapons without further human intervention) has stirred intense and highly polemical debates. In this volume, roboticists, legal scholars, philosophers and sociologists of science clarify key areas and develop insights with direct policy relevance, including who bears responsibility for autonomous weapons systems, whether they would violate fundamental ethical and legal norms, and how to regulate their development. 

With, without, or against the state? How European regions play the Brussels game

By Michaël Tatham
This volume examines how sub-state entities mobilise at the European level. Using quantitative data, qualitative data, and case studies, the author analyses patterns of interaction between state and sub-state EU interests, and evaluates the degree to which these interactions are cooperative, conflictual, or dissociated. Based on Tathem’s EUI doctoral thesis in the Department of Political and Social Sciences, the book has been published within OUP’s ‘Transformations in Governance’ series.

Constructing the person in EU law: rights, roles, identities

Edited by Loic Azoulai, Ségolène Barbou des Places and Etienne Pataut

The 'individual' or person is a central concept in all of EU economics, politics, society and ethics. The 15 chapters in this innovative edited collection argue that EU law has had a transformative effect on the concept. The volume looks at the mechanisms used when 'constructing the person' in EU law. It goes beyond traditional literature on 'Europe and the Individual' to examine the mechanisms used when ‘constructing the person’ in EU Law, and it explores the question of personhood through critical and contextual perspectives.