46th London-Leiden Conference - International Law in Community Law: Another Incoming Tide?

Saturday 30 June 2007 09:00 to 17:30

Location

British Institute of International and Comparative Law, Charles Clore House, 17 Russell Square, London, WC1 5JP

Participants

Chairs:

Professor Gillian Triggs, Director, British Institute of International and Comparative Law
Professor Piet Jan Slot, University of Leiden
The Rt Hon Sir David Edward KCMG Former Judge of the European Court of Justice

Speakers:

Professor Piet Eeckhout, Director of the Centre of European Law, at King's College London
Professor Alan Dashwood CBE, Fellow in Law, Sidney Sussex College, University of Cambridge
Lothar Ehring, European Commission
Professor Marco Bronckers, Partner, WilmerHale, Brussels, Belgium, Professor of WTO and EU International Trade Law, University of Leiden

Commentators:

Anne Thies, King's College London
Dr Konstantinos Adamantopoulos, Hammonds, Partner, Head of Brussels Office
Professor Dan Sarooshi, Professor of International Law at the University of Oxford
Professor Joanne Scott, Professor of European Law, UCL
Professor Panos Koutrakos, Bristol University
Christopher Vajda QC, Monckton Chambers

The theme will concern the inroads made by International law in European Community law. Having extensively discussed legal aspects of EU-US relations at last year's Leiden London meeting, we will now turn our attention, in particular, to the role of UN resolutions and of WTO rules in relation to Community law and their compatibility with EU legislation, involving questions of primacy and limits of competence.

Speakers will include prominent academics and practitioners, some of whom represent the parties involved in cases before the European courts.

Community law experts are well acquainted with the London Leiden meetings, but the aim of the meeting is also to attract those international lawyers who are interested in hearing more about and discussing the relationship between international law and European Community law. There will be ample opportunity for informal discussions.

Topics Include:

Tribute to Professor Henry (Hein) Schermers.
UN Security Council Resolutions: in search of the right fit?
How should Courts deal with the decision of other International Tribunals, such as WTO?

This Event is being Organised by The British Institute of International and Comparative Law and the Europa Instituut of the University of Leiden, in collaboration with Kings College London.

This event is kindly sponsored by: