PROJECT TITLE: Academy of European Public Law 2012
COUNTRIES: Greece
OVERALL OBJECTIVE: To offer leading specialized study sessions in the field of European Public Law to young graduates, jurists and scholars, coming from all over the world, who wish to further their knowledge and skills on the reasoning and philosophy of the different national public law systems of European countries, as well as the divergences among them under the instruction of eminent professors in the field drawn from partner universities.
ACTIVITIES:
Established in 1995, the Academy of European Public Law has been at the forefront of European public law teaching for almost twenty years, and today enjoys a reputation as the primary destination for scholarship in public law within Europe's dynamic setting, assembling more than fifty univerities.
The Academy offers three weeks of intensive courses leading to the Intensive International Master of Laws (I.I.LL.M.) in European Public Law or the Certificate of Attendance in European Public Law. Following the completion of two Academy sessions, it also gives the possibility of defending a thesis before international juries.
More than 500 students have graduated from the Academy, and are currently serving outstanding careers in academia, advocacy and the public, private and international development sectors.
The Academy is governed by three bodies: the Honorary Board, the Curatorium and the Directorate. It does not have permanent faculty, but rather calls upon world-class academics and experts, judges, diplomats and lawyers in order to present a full spectrum of views and ideas.
In addition to its main annual session, the Academy organizes extraordinary sessions, in partnership with University members of the EPLO, and addressed to the students of the partner Universities, such as the summer session in Mariupol, Ukraine, organized since 2008 at the Mariupol State University of Humanities.
The 2012 study session took place from 3 September to 21 September, 2012and included the following lectures:
General Lecture Courses
• Professor Gerdy Jurgens (University of Utrecht), “The division between public and private law from a comparative perspective”, Dates: Week I (3 – 7 September)
• Professor Philippe Nélidoff (Toulouse 1 University Capitole), “Religion and Public Law: the notion of French secularism between freedom of religion and public neutrality”, Dates: Week II and III (10 – 21 September)
Seminars
• Professor Gunilla Edelstam (Sodertorn University), “Administrative Procedure of the Public Authorities: Can it be Objective and Impartial? – Basic rules and principles at the national level and the influence of the Convention on Human rights and the EU-charter of Fundamental Rights.”, Dates: Week I (3 – 7 September)
• Professor Luis Medina Alcoz (Complutense University of Madrid),”Damages and Theory of State Liability”, Dates: Week II (10 – 14 September)
• Professor Yannis Ktistakis (Faculty of Law, Democritus University of Thrace, Greece), “Judicial Protection of human rights in the European legal order”, Dates: Week III (17 – 21 September)
FUNDING AGENCY: EPLO
LEADER: EPLO
TIME FRAME: 2012
