Ph.D. Workshop on methodological approaches to legitimacy in EU legal research (October 9th) and Roundtable “What’s in a label? Understanding the EU in constitutional, executive, and/or administrative terms” (October 10th). Ph.D. Workshop on October 9th Peter Lindseth, author of Power and Legitimacy. Reconciling Europe and the Nation-State (OUP, 2010) will discuss the participants’ individual research…
ACELG Talk by Jan Willem van Rossem University of Amsterdam, 17 June 2014 Over the past years, the European Union has been engulfed in a process of momentous constitutional change. A central notion in this process is the concept of sovereignty. In this talk, we will analyse how this age-old concept is directing constitutional change…
On May 16th, 2014, RENFORCE (Centre for Regulation and Enforcement in Europe, Utrecht University) will organize a conference entitled ‘Legitimate Delegation of Regulatory and Enforcement Powers to EU Agencies‘. At this conference, the question of democratic legitimacy of the ongoing agencification in the EU will be addressed in light of the recent CJEU judgement (Case…
Op woensdag 14 mei 2014 organiseert de Kiesraad een symposium ter gelegenheid van de uitgave De Tweede Kamerverkiezingen in vijftig stappen. Auteurs Niels van Driel en Ron de Jong beschrijven in hun boek het ontstaan van het huidige verkiezingsproces: vanaf het bepalen van de nieuwe verkiezingsdatum tot de toelating van gekozen kandidaten tot de Kamer…
The decision of the Court of Justice in Kadi I achieved world-wide prominence for its enunciation of the relations between the EU and International legal orders, in respect of the UN sanctions regime for combatting terrorism. The Kadi II decision of the Grand Chamber Court of Justice in 2013 adds a new chapter to the…
The IACL holds a World Congress every 3-4 years. The IXth Congress, entitled ‘Constitutional Challenges: Global and Local’, will take place in Oslo from 16 to 20 June 2014 and is organised by the Department of Public Law at the University of Oslo in collaboration with the Executive Committee of the IACL. The venue for…
