Professor Toma Birmontiené, Judge of the Constitutional Court of Lithuania, gave a lecture on “The Legal Gaps which lead to Constitutional Conflicts” as the guest speaker of the 8th John Anastopoulos International Lecture.
The EPLO, in partnership with the Public Law Department of the University of Athens Law School, launched the John Anastopoulos International Lecture Series in the memory of the late Professor John Anastopoulos in 1998 with Professor Giuliano Amato, former Prime Minister and former Minister of Interior of Italy, as the first guest speaker.
Professor Anastopoulos (1942-1997), a distinguished individual of the political and academic world of Greece, was a full Professor of Public Law at the University of Athens and a visiting Professor at the University of Paris 2, Aix-en-Provence University and Strasbourg University, while he served as Secretary General of the Ministry of the Presidency, Secretary General of the Center of International and European Law of Salonica, as well as Advisor to the Ministry of Coordination during the negotiations on Greece’s accession to the European Community on the legal and institutional aspects. In 1991 Professor Anastopoulos was awarded the Chevalier de la Légion d’Honneur of the French State.
Past speakers include the late Senior Vice-President and General Counsel of the World Bank, Ibrahim Shihata, the President of the European Court of Human Rights, Jean-Paul Costa, and the President of the Supreme Administrative Court of Thailand, Ackaratorn Chularat, while Mr. John Brademas, former Congressman of the U,S, Congress and former President of New York University, gave a lecture on "Reflections on a life in Politics and the Academy" as the guest speaker of the 7th Lecture.
