Law Ph.D. Theses Defended in 2011
The Constitutional Foundations of Competition: Economic Freedom and Its (Self-) Limitation
Oles ANDRIYCHUK (Ukraine)
Examining Board: Profs. Philippe COPPENS (Catholic University of Leuven), Andreas HEINEMANN (University of Zurich), Giorgio MONTI (EUI), Hanns ULLRICH (Supervisor, former EUI)
Date of Defence: 17 December 2011
The Changing Nature of Customary International Law: The Methods of Interpreting the Concept of Custom in International Criminal Tribunals
Noora Johanna ARAJARVI (Finland)
Examining board: Profs. Pierre-Marie DUPUY (Supervisor, former EUI and Institut de hautes études internationales et du développement, Genève), Claus KRESS (University of Cologne), Fausto POCAR (University of Milan), Martin SCHEININ (EUI)
Date of Defence: 4 February 2011
Abstract
Freedom of Expression: European and American Constitutional Models for Central and Eastern Europe
Uladzislau BELAVUSAU (Belarus)
Examining Board: Profs. Jiri PRIBAN (Cardiff University), Wojciech SADURSKI (Supervisor, former EUI and University of Sydney), Giovanni SARTOR (EUI), Michel TROPER (Université de Paris X-Nanterre)
Date of Defence: 30 May 2011
Abstract
Comparative Reasoning in European Supreme Courts - A Study in Foreign Persuasive Authority
Michel BOBEK (Czech Republic)
Examining Board: Profs. John BELL (Cambridge University), Bruno DE WITTE (former EUI, Maastricht University), Alec STONE SWEET (Yale Law School), Jacques ZILLER (Supervisor, former EUI and Università di Pavia)
Date of Defence: 16 March 2011
The Equitable Theory of Humanitarian Intervention
Ciarán BURKE (Ireland)
Examining Board: Profs. Francesco FRANCIONI (EUI), Martti KOSKENNIEMI (Helsinki), Christopher RoSSI (Iowa, USA), Martin SCHEININ (Supervisor)
Date of Defence: 24 November 2011
The Settlement of International Cultural Heritage Disputes: Towards a Lex Culturalis?
Alessandro CHECHI (Italy)
Examining Board: Profs. Francesco FRANCIONI (Supervisor, EUI), Riccardo PAVONI (University of Siena), Ernst-Ulrich PETERSMANN (EUI), Marc-André RENOLD (University of Geneva)
Date of Defence: 7 March 2011
Abstract
Il Consiglio dei Ministri nella procedura di codecisione: problematiche giuridiche e prassi istituzionale
Daniela CORONA (Italy)
Examining Board: Profs. Loïc AZOULAI (EUI), Stefania BARONCELLI (Free University of Bolzano), Bruno DE WITTE (Supervisor, former EUI and University of Maastricht), Paolo PONZANO (EUI, Special Adviser at the European Commission and University of Florence)
Date of Defence: 1 July 2011
Copyright in the Digital Environment - Ontologies of Copyright and Digital Works
Primavera DE FILIPPI (France)
Examining Board: Profs. Maurizio BORGHI (Brunel Unviersity, West London), Hans-W. MICKLITZ (EUI), Giovanni SARTOR (Supervisor, EUI), Molly S. VAN HOUWELING (University of California, Berkeley School of Law via video conference)
Date of Defence: 18 October 2011
The International Responsibility of the European Union: From Competence to Normative Control
Andrés DELGADO CASTELEIRO (Spain)
Examining Board: Profs. Marise CREMONA (Supervisor, EUI), Giorgio GAJA (University of Florence), Esa PAASIVIRTA (Legal Service of the European Commission), Ernst-Ulrich PETERSMANN (EUI)
Date of Defence: 29 July 2011
Revamping Law by Circumventing the State - Non-Governmental Organisations in the International Management of Social Violence on the African Continent
Sara DEZALEY (France)
Examining Board: Profs. Pierre-Marie DUPUY (Supervisor, former EUI and Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, Geneva), Ron LEVI (Departments of Political Science and Sociology, University of Toronto), Christian REUS-SMIT (EUI, SPS), Johanna SIMEANT (CESSP-CNRS Paris I-Sorbonne)
Date of Defence: 21 June 2011
The Pan-European Licensing of Digital Music: The Effect of Harmonisation of Copyright and the Role of Collecting Societies
Benjamin FARRAND (UK)
Examining Board: Profs. Roberto CASO (University of Trento), Bernt HUGENHOLTZ (University of Amsterdam), Heike SCHWEITZER (former EUI and University of Mannheim), Giovanni SARTOR (Supervisor, EUI)
Date of Defence: 12 December 2011
User-Generated Knowledge through Legal Ontologies: How to Bring the Law into the Semantic Web 2.0
Meritxell FERNANDEZ-BARRERA (Spain)
Examining Board: Profs. Danièle BOURCIER (Paris), Pompeu CASANOVAS (Univsersitat Autónoma de Barcelona), Dennis PATTERSON (EUI), Giovanni SARTOR (Supervisor, EUI)
Date of Defence: 6 December 2011
Lawyers or Liars? Is World Hunger Suable in Court?
Irene GALTUNG (Norway)
Examining Board: Profs. Olivier DE SCHUTTER (Louvain), Francesco FRANCIONI (Supervisor), Prof. Christopher McCRUDDEN (Oxford and Queen’s University, Belfast), Martin SCHEININ (EUI)
Date of Defence: 21 October 2011
Le contrôle de la constitutionallité des accords internationaux conclus dans le cadre de l'Union européenne
Frida-Louise GORANSSON (Sweden)
Examining Board: Profs. Per CRAMER (University of Gothenburg), Marise CREMONA (EUI), Bruno DE WITTE (Supervisor, former EUI and Maastricht University), Christophe HILLION (Universities of Leiden and Stockholm)
Date of Defence: 14 March 2011
The Function of Proportionality Analysis in European Law
Tor-Inge HARBO (Norway)
Examining Board: Profs. Loïc AZOULAI (EUI), Christian JOERGES (University of Bremen), Ernst-Ulrich PETERSMANN (Supervisor, EUI), Inger-Johanne SAND (Universtiy of Oslo)
Date of Defence: 28 January 2011
Abstract
Governance and Minimum Harmonisation in the Field of European Labour Law and Social Policy
Nikolett HÖS (Hungary)
Examining Board: Profs. Catherine BARNARD (University of Cambridge), Marise CREMONA (EUI), Claire KILPATRICK (London School of Economics), Marie-Ange MOREAU (Supervisor, EUI)
Date of Defence: 20 January 2011
Abstract
The Civic Citizens of Europe - Legal Realities for Immigrants in Europe and the Legal Potential for their Integration
Moritz JESSE (Netherlands)
Examining Board: Profs. Theodora KOSTAKOPOULOU (University of Manchester), Marie-Ange MOREAU (Supervisor, EUI), Ruth RUBIO MARIN (EUI), Hildegard SCHNEIDER (Maastricht University)
Date of Defence: 17 January 2011
Abstract
Liberalization of the Electricity Markets and the PSO in the Energy Community
Rozeta KAROVA (Macedonia)
Examining Board: Profs. Dirk BUSCHLE (Energy Community Secretariat, Vienna), Marise CREMONA (EUI), Leigh HANCHER (University of Tilburg), Hans-W. MICKLITZ (Supervisor, EUI)
Date of Defence: 11 April 2011
The Interrelationship between EU Law and Private International Law in Contractual Obligations: Private Autonomy, Overriding Mandatory Provisions and a European Justice Area
Jan-Jaap KUIPERS (Netherlands)
Examining Board: Profs. Gerard-René DE GROOT (Maastricht University), Jean-Michel JACUET (Institut des Hautes Etudes Internationales, Geneva), Hans-W. MICKLITZ (EUI), Marie-Ange MOREAU (Supervisor, EUI)
Date of Defence: 17 January 2011
Abstract
The Evolution of EC Consumer Protection in the Field of Consumer Credit
Inga LOBOCKA-POGUNTKE (Poland)
Examining Board: Profs. Luisa ANTONIOLLI (University of Trento), Geraint HOWELLS (University of Manchester), Christian JOERGES (Supervisor, former EUI and University of Bremen), Hans-W. MICKLITZ (EUI)
Date of Defence: 28 January 2011
Abstract
L’interaction entre la mobilité des sociétés et les règles européennes de conflit de jurisdiction: l’exemple des relations internationales du travail
Sara MIGLIORINI (Italy)
Examining Board: Profs. Loic Azoulai (EUI), Giorgio GAJA (University of Florence), Marie-Ange MOREAU (Supervisor), Horatia MUIR-WATT (Sciences–Po Paris, via video conference)
Date of Defence: 27 September 2011
The Relevance of Critical Race Theory to Europe
Mathias MÖSCHEL (Austria)
Examining Board: Profs. Ruth RUBIO MARIN (EUI), Wojciech SADURSKI (Supervisor, former EUI, University of Sydney), Kendall THOMAS (External Co-Supervisor, Columbia Law School), Gianfrancesco ZANETTI (University of Modena)
Date of Defence: 21 June 2011
Complementary and Alternative Mechanisms beyond Restitution: An Interest-Oriented Approach to Resolving International Cultural Heritage Dispute
Robert PETERS (Germany)
Examining Board: Profs. Francesco FRANCIONI (Supervisor, EUI), Kerstin OOLENOLHOL (Kiev), Ruth RUBIO MARIN (EUI), Ana VRDOLJAK (Western Australia)
Date of Defence: 13 December 2011
The International Criminal Court and the Principle of Substantive Complementarity: Universal Jurisdiction, the Security Council and the Challenge to the Duty to Prosecute Core Crimes
Patrícia PINTO SOARES (Portugal)
Examining Board: Profs. José Francisco DE FARIA COSTA (University of Coimbra), Francesco FRANCIONI (Supervisor, EUI), Mauro POLITI (University of Trento), Martin SCHEININ (EUI)
Date of Defence: 25 February 2011
Abstract
State Responsibility for Violations of the Rules on the Conduct of Hostilities: Towards the Emergence of Individuals’ Rights?
Giulia PINZAUTI ( Italy)
Examining Board: Profs. Francesco FRANCIONI (Supervisor, EUI), Françoise HAMPSON (Essex), Martin SCHEININ (EUI), Judge Antonio CASSESE (former EUI and Special Tribunal for Lebanon)
Date of Defence: 13 September 2011
Systematisation in European Risk Regulation
Kay Peter PURNHAGEN (Germany)
Examining Board: Profs. Julia BLACK (London School of Economics), Fabrizio CAFAGGI (EUI), Hans-W. MICKLITZ (Supervisor, EUI), Ellen VOS (Maastricht University)
Date of Defence: 17 January 2011
Abstract
Problems of the Assessment of Economic Theories and Economic Evidence in the EC Merger Control: Case of Non-Horizontal Mergers
Mr Alexandr SVETLICINII (Moldova)
Examining Board: Profs. Ioannis LIANOS (University College London), Giorgio MONTI (EUI), Heike SCHWEITZER (Supervisor, former EUI, University of Mannheim), Jules STUYCK (Catholic University of Leuven)
Date of Defence: 7 April 2011
Abstract
Market Integration through Data Protection: An EU – Mercosur Analysis
Mario VIOLA DE AZEVEDO CUNHA (Brazil)
Examining Board: Profs. Hans-W. MICKLITZ (EUI), Andrew MURRAY (London School of Economics), Giovanni SARTOR (Supervisor, EUI), Alfonso SCIROCCO (European Economic and Social Committee, Brussels)
Date of Defence: 6 July 2011