Professor Paolo Mengozzi to present the 2010-11 CELS Lasok Lecture.
Professor Paolo Mengozzi, First Advocate General of the European Court of Justice, has accepted the invitation to present the 2010-11 CELS Lasok Lecture.
A Law School seminar | |
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Date | 13 May 2011 |
Time | 17:00 |
Place | Xfi Centre Lecture Theatre |
Event details
Advocate General Paolo Mengozzi has written among the most remarkable ECJ Opinions, including some in highly controversial cases, and we should be pleased that such a high profile figure is coming to Exeter this academic year.
I am endeavouring to organise a full day of activities to make the most of his visit. Would you please pencil in your diary the exact date --- the lecture will take place on Friday, May 13th 2011 at 5pm at X-fi Lecture Theatre (followed by reception --- venue for reception to be advised).
The title of the lecture is ‘The judicial protection of individual rights and the principle of proportionality after the Lisbon Treaty’.
Below is a brief biographical note on Advocate General Paolo Mengozzi.
"Biographic note on Advocate General Mengozzi --- Professor of International Law and holder of the Jean Monnet Chair of European Community law at the University of Bologna; Doctor honoris causa of the Carlos III University, Madrid; visiting professor at the Johns Hopkins University (Bologna Center), the Universities of St. Johns (New York), Georgetown, Paris-II and Georgia (Athens) and the Institut universitaire international (Luxembourg); co-ordinator of the European Business Law Pallas Program of the University of Nijmegen; member of the consultative committee of the Commission of the European Communities on public procurement; Under-Secretary of State for Trade and Industry during the Italian tenure of the Presidency of the Council; member of the working group of the European Community on the World Trade Organisation (WTO) and director of the 1997 session of the research centre of The Hague Academy of International Law, devoted to the WTO; Judge at the Court of First Instance from 4 March 1998 to 3 May 2006; Advocate General at the Court of Justice since 4 May 2006."
Location:
Xfi Centre Lecture Theatre