PROJECT TITLE: Academy of European Public Law 2014
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 2014 study session took place from August 25 to September 13, 2014 and included the following Lectures:
General Lecture Course
• Prof. Domenico Sorace and Prof. Simone Torricelli (University of Florence), on “Public authorities’ liability in tort: introduction on judicial protection against public authorities”
Seminars
• Prof. Jacobine van den Brink (University of Leiden), on “The implementation of European subsidy schemes in the Member States: legal problems and challenges”
• Prof. Jaap de Zwaan (Erasmus University Rotterdam),on “The Area of Freedom, Security and Justice: The Justice and Home Affairs cooperation in the European Union”
• Prof. Bernardo Diniz de Ayala (Catholic University of Portugal) and Dr. Mafalda Ferreira, on “Public Contracts”.
FUNDING AGENCY: European Commission
LEADER: EPLO
TIME FRAME: 2014
