Posted on 21 October 2015
The European University Institute and the research project Towards a New History of European Public Law, hosted by SAXO Institute (University of Copenhagen) and funded by the Danish Agency for Science and Technology and Innovation, are organising the international conference Setting an agenda for Historical Research in European Law. Actors, Institutions, and Member States. The conference will take place on 9-11 December and the sessions will be held at the Historical Archives of the European Union in Villa Salviati and Villa Schifanoia.
The conference aims to become a space for the discussion and re-interpretation of the history of European law, marking a point of reflection on what has been achieved in the field of legal history through the analysis of leading historical, legal and political science scholars. The sessions will explore different themes. Firstly, they will explore the nexus between the development of European law and the role played by the European institutions. Secondly, they will draw the strengths and limitations of biographical studies in this field. Thirdly, the role of law in the policy making of the European Community will be analysed through examples of judicial policy and European public policies. Finally, the conference will address the interplay between the development of European law and the reception by key member states.
The conference will be marked on its first day by the opening of the historical archives of the European Court of Justice to the research community, based on an agreement signed in July 2014, which will be attended by the President and the Registrar of the Court.
The programme of the conference.
All the interested participants are invited to attend.
For further information and in order to register your participation, please contact:
Valentina Spiga - tel.: +39 055 4685511
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