EU Law Discussion Group

About the Group

The EU Law Discussion Group is a forum for discussing, in an informal environment, current issues of European Union law. Staff members and students are encouraged to present a paper that will constitute the starting point for discussion within the group, and occasionally speakers from other universities or institutions are invited. The group meets two or three times a term and is open to all Faculty members and graduate law students.

Convenors: Louis Karaolis, Anzhela Yevgenyeva

Senior members: Dorota Leczykiewicz, Stephen Weatherill

Recent papers and other downloads

Damjan Kukovec's paper can be downloaded here

Dagmar Schiek, 'Social Ideals and the Court of Justice of the EU'

Previous Group Events

May 2013

Wednesday 22 May 2013

Effective Judicial Protection: Protection à la Carte?: Speaker: Judge Alexandra (Sacha) Prechal, Court of Justice of the European Union
Oxford Law Faculty The Cube (with lunch from 12.30 in the foyer of the Institute of European and Comparative Law) at 1300

Wednesday 15 May

Visions of Trade Marks (and of Europe) in European Trade Mark Law: Speaker: Professor Graeme Dinwoodie, Oxford Law Faculty
Oxford Law Faculty Seminar Room D (with lunch from 12.30 in the foyer of the Institute of European and Comparative Law) at 1300

Wednesday 1 May

A Critique of the Rhetoric of Common Interest in the EU Legal Discourse: Speaker: Damjan Kukovec, Harvard Law School
Oxford Law Faculty The Cube (with lunch from 12.30 in the Foyer of the Institute of European and Comparative Law) at 1300

March 2013

Wednesday 6 March

Visions of Trade Marks (and of Europe) in European Trade Mark Law: Cancelled
Speaker: Professor Graeme Dinwoodie, University of Oxford
Oxford Law Faculty Seminar Room F (with lunch from 12:30 in the foyer of the IECL) at 13:00

February 2013

Wednesday 20 February

The "Individual" in the EU Constitutional Edifice: Person of Stone or Straw?: Speaker: Dr Angela Ward, Court of Justice of the EU
Oxford Law Faculty Seminar Room F (with lunch from 12:30 in the foyer of the IECL) at 13:00

Wednesday 13 February

Identifying the Landmark Cases of the CJEU - Using Network Analysis to Gain New Perspectives: Speaker: Dr Mattias Derlen and Dr Johan Lindholm, Umeå University
Oxford Law Faculty Seminar Room F (with lunch from 12:30 in the foyer of the IECL) at 13:00

January 2013

Wednesday 23 January

Fra.bo and Where to Go: Private Governance, Free Movement of Goods and the Regulation of the Internal Market: Speaker: Professor Harm Schepel, University of Kent
Oxford Law Faculty Seminar Room F (with lunch from 12:30 in the foyer of the IECL) at 13:00

November 2012

Wednesday 21 November 2012

A Clash of Law and Politics: the EU's Audacious Self-Appointment as the Global Regulator for Limiting Aviation Carbon Emissions: Speaker: Professor Brian Havel, De Paul University, Chicago and Oxford University
Oxford Law Faculty The Cube, St Cross Building (with lunch from 12.30 in the IECL foyer) at 13:00

Wednesday 14 November

Social Ideals and the Court of Justice of the European Union: Approximating an Assessment of Judicial Ideologies across Levels: Speaker: Professor Dagmar Schiek, University of Leeds
Oxford Law Faculty The Cube, St Cross Building (with lunch from 12.30 in the IECL foyer) at 13:00

Thursday 1 November

Litigation before the Court of Justice of the European Union from the Perspective of the Federal Republic of Germany: Speaker: Dr Ariane Wiedmann, German Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology, Representation before the European Courts
Oxford Law Faculty Seminar Room F, St Cross Building (with lunch from 12.30 in the IECL foyer) at 13:00

October 2012

Wednesday 17 October

EU Climate Change Law: a Difficult Relation with Proportionality: Speaker: Dr Nicolas Croquet, McKenna Long & Aldridge, Brussels
Oxford Law Faculty The Cube, St Cross Building (with lunch from 12.30 in the IECL foyer) at 13:00

May 2012

Wednesday 30 May

The Identity of the Subject of EU Law: National-rooted or Euro-bonded?: Cancelled
Speaker: Professor Loïc Azoulai, European University Institute, Florence
Oxford Law Faculty Seminar Room F at 13:00

Wednesday 16 May

The Regulation of State Aid in the EU: Is It Time to Give Up?: Speaker: Professor Andrea Biondi, King's College London
Oxford Law Faculty Seminar Room F at 13:00

Wednesday 2 May

International Law and EU Law: Between Asymmetric Constitutionalisation and Fragmentation: Speaker: Dr Katja Ziegler, University of Oxford
Oxford Law Faculty Seminar Room F at 13:00

March 2012

Wednesday 7 March

The Protection of National Identity through EU Law: a "People's Europe" or a "Europe of Citizens": Speaker: Dr Daniel Sarmiento, Court of Justice of the EU
Institute of European and Comparative Law The Cube (with lunch from 12.30 in the Foyer of the IECL) at 1300

February 2012

Wednesday 22 February

Social Ideals of the European Court of Justice: an Approximation: Cancelled
Speaker: Professor Dagmar Schiek, University of Leeds
Institute of European and Comparative Law The Cube (with lunch from 12.30 in the Foyer of the IECL) at 1300

Wednesday 8 February

EU External Competence in the Field of International Investments: a Complex Take-over: Speaker: Professor Pär Hallström, Umeå University
Institute of European and Comparative Law The Cube (with lunch from 12.30 in the Foyer of the IECL) at 1300

Thursday 2 February

Common European Sales Law: Why, and Why Not: Speaker: Professor Hugh Beale (University of Warwick), Professor Stephen Weatherill (University of Oxford), Professor Simon Whittaker (University of Oxford)
Oxford Law Faculty The Cube at 1700

January 2012

Wednesday 25 January

Competition Law and Public Policy as a Sliding Scale: the Example of Environmental Protection: Speaker: Julian Nowag, University of Oxford
Institute of European and Comparative Law The Cube (with lunch from 12.30 in the Foyer of the IECL) at 1300

2012

Title to be confirmed: Oxford Law Faculty

November 2011

Wednesday 30 November 2011

Criminal Law Beyond the State: the European Model: Speaker: Dr Massimo Fichera, University of Helsinki
Institute of European and Comparative Law The Cube with lunch from 1230 in the IECL Foyer at 1300

Wednesday 16 November

The Court of Justice as a Labour Court: Speaker: Professor Anne Davies, University of Oxford
Institute of European and Comparative Law The Cube with lunch from 1230 in the IECL Foyer at 1300

Wednesday 2 November

The Relationship between Private and Public Enforcement: Speaker: Dr Assimakis Komninos, White & Case LLP and Visiting Fellow, UCL
Institute of European and Comparative Law The Cube with lunch from 1230 in the IECL Foyer at 1300

October 2011

Wednesday 19 October

Varieties of Capitalism and the Limits of European Economic Integration: Speaker: Professor Jukka Snell, Swansea University
Institute of European and Comparative Law The Cube with lunch from 1230 in the IECL Foyer at 1300

May 2011

Wednesday 25 May

Multilingual EU Law: on the Significance of Translation for Legal Harmonisation: Speaker: Dr Sieglinde Pommer, Austrian Academy of Sciences
Institute of European and Comparative Law Room 19 and IECL Foyer for lunch at 12.30 at 13:00

Wednesday 11 May

Federalism and Economic Mobility in the EU and Australia: the Role of the Courts: Speaker: David Townsend, Oxford University
Institute of European and Comparative Law Room 19 and IECL Foyer for lunch at 12.30 at 13:00

March 2011

Wednesday 9 March

Defining and Identifying "Spillovers" from EU Law into National Law: Speaker: Angus Johnston, University College, Oxford
Institute of European and Comparative Law Seminar Room C (and IECL foyer for lunch from 12.30) at 12:30

February 2011

Wednesday 23 February

The Constitutional Role of the Court of Justice in the Internal Market Post-Harmonisation: Tax Exceptionalism or Jurisprudential Consistency?: Speaker: Rita de la Feria and Dimitrios Doukas, Oxford Centre for Business Taxation and Queen's University Belfast
Institute of European and Comparative Law Seminar Room C (and IECL foyer for lunch from 12.30) at 12:30

Wednesday 9 February

Free Movement of Goods and Rules on Use: a Step towards a Workable Doctrine of MEQR: Speaker: Dr Johan Lindholm, Umeå University
Institute of European and Comparative Law Seminar Room C (and IECL foyer for lunch from 12.30) at 12:30

January 2011

Friday 28 January

The Global Spread of European Style International Courts: Speaker: Karen Alter, Northwestern University
Institute of European and Comparative Law Law Board Room (and IECL foyer for lunch from 12.30) at 12:30

December 2010

Wednesday 1 December 2010

The Goals of EU Competition Law after Lisbon: Speaker: Constanze Semmelmann, University of Fribourg
Institute of European and Comparative Law Seminar Room C at 1230

November 2010

Wednesday 17 November

European Executive Federalism after Lisbon: Speaker: Robert Schütze , University of Durham
Institute of European and Comparative Law Seminar Room C at 1230

Wednesday 3 November

Has the Treaty of Lisbon Provided 'Principles' of EU Sports Law?: Speaker: Stephen Weatherill, Somerville College
Institute of European and Comparative Law Room 19 (with lunch available in the IECL Foyer from 1230) at 1300

October 2010

Friday 22 October

Human Rights in the EU after Lisbon: the Charter and the ECHR Accession: Speaker: Sionaidh Douglas-Scott, Dorota Leczykiewicz, Barbara Havelková
Institute of European and Comparative Law Gulbenkian at 1630

May 2010

Wednesday 19 May

The Constitutional Role of the Court of Justice in the Internal Market Post-Harmonisation: Tax Exceptionalism or Jurisprudential Consistency?: Cancelled
Speaker: Rita de la Feria and Dimitrios Doukas, Oxford University and Queens University Belfast
Institute of European and Comparative Law IECL Foyer (lunch) and Seminar Room C at 1230

Wednesday 12 May

Free Movement of Goods and Rules on Use: a Step Towards a Workable Doctrine of MEQR: Cancelled
Speaker: Johan Lindholm, Umeå University
Institute of European and Comparative Law IECL Foyer (lunch) and Seminar Room C at 1230

Wednesday 5 May

The Taciturn (European) Court: the Walls of Judicial Silence and their Intended and Unintended Effects: Speaker: Hjalte Rasmussen, University of Copenhagen
Institute of European and Comparative Law IECL Foyer (lunch) and Seminar Room C at 1230

April 2010

Wednesday 28 April

The Public/Private Divide in EU Law: Speaker: Okeoghene Odudu, University of Cambridge
Institute of European and Comparative Law IECL Foyer (lunch) and Seminar Room C at 1230

March 2010

Wednesday 10 March

The Primacy and Direct Effect of EU Law after the Lisbon Treaty: Speaker: Bruno de Witte, European University Institute
Oxford Law Faculty Seminar Room C (lunch and meeting) at 1230

Wednesday 3 March

The Hierarchy of Norms Post-Lisbon: Law and Politics: Speaker: Paul Craig, University of Oxford
Institute of European and Comparative Law IECL Foyer for lunch and Seminar Room C at 1230

February 2010

Friday 26 February

Linguistic transparency in the EU and at the Court of Justice: is clear language attainable in a multi-lingual and multi-cultural legislative and judicial environment?: Speaker: Eleanor Sharpston, Advocate General of the Court of Justice of the EU
Institute of European and Comparative Law IECL Foyer for lunch and Seminar Room C at 1230

Wednesday 17 February

Establishing the Rule of Law in the Area of Freedom, Security and Justice: the Impact of the Treaty of Lisbon and the Stockholm Programme: Speaker: Konrad Lachmayer, University of Vienna
Institute of European and Comparative Law IECL Foyer for lunch and Seminar Room C at 1230

Wednesday 10 February

Rethinking European Private Law: Regulation and Autonomy: Speaker: Hans Micklitz, European University Institute
Institute of European and Comparative Law IECL Foyer for lunch and Seminar Room C at 1230

January 2010

Wednesday 27 January

Horizontal Liability in EU Law: Speaker: Norbert Reich, University of Bremen
Institute of European and Comparative Law IECL Foyer for lunch and Seminar Room C at 1230

November 2009

Tuesday 24 November 2009

Problems of EU Environmental Law: Speaker: Ludwig Krämer, Universities of Bremen and Copenhagen
Institute of European and Comparative Law IECL (lunch) and Seminar Room C at 12:30

Wednesday 18 November

Title to be confirmed: Said Business School

Wednesday 11 November

International Law and the Community Legal Order: Uneasy Bed Fellows?: Speaker: Takis Tridimas, Queen Mary London
Institute of European and Comparative Law IECL (lunch) and Seminar Room C at 12:30

Wednesday 4 November

Environmental Principles in European Courts: Principles in a Legal Sense?: Speaker: Eloise Scotford, University of Oxford
Institute of European and Comparative Law IECL (lunch) and Seminar Room C at 12:30

October 2009

Wednesday 28 October

The EU and Global Labour Law: Speaker: Jeffrey Kenner, University of Nottingham
Institute of European and Comparative Law IECL (lunch) and Seminar Room C at 12:30

Wednesday 21 October

The Boundaries of Free Movement Law: Exploring the Idea of 'Framework Principles': Speaker: Niamh Nic Shuibhne, University of Edinburgh
Institute of European and Comparative Law IECL (lunch) and Seminar Room C at 12:30

May 2009

Wednesday 20 May

Legal Interpretation in 23 Languages - the Complexity of the Multilingual Interpretation of EC Law: Speaker: Dr Mattias Derlen, Umea University
Institute of European and Comparative Law Seminar Room C and IECL (lunch) at 1300

Wednesday 13 May

Europe's Constitutional Mosaic: New Transnational Human Rights Standards and Regimes: Speaker: Professor Sionaidh Douglas-Scott, Lady Margaret Hall
Institute of European and Comparative Law IECL (Lunch) and Seminar Room C at 12:30

Wednesday 6 May

EU External Policies and Application of EU Law by Judiciaries in the EU Neighbourhood: Cases of Russia and Ukraine: Change of date
Speaker: Dr Roman Petrov, Donetsk National University, Ukraine
Institute of European and Comparative Law IECL (Lunch) and Seminar Room C at 12:30

April 2009

Wednesday 29 April

Foreign Affairs in Federations: Mixed Agreements - a Sui Generis Technique?: Speaker: Dr Robert Schütze , University of Durham
Institute of European and Comparative Law IECL (Lunch) and Seminar Room C at 12:30

March 2009

Wednesday 11 March

Horizontal Effect of Treaty Provisions and the General Principle of Equality after Viking and Mangold: Speaker: Professor Derrick Wyatt, St Edmund Hall
Institute of European and Comparative Law IECL (Lunch) and Seminar Room C at 12:30

Wednesday 4 March

From Brussels with Love: the Transatlantic Travels of European Law and the Chemistry of Regulatory Attraction: Speaker: Professor J. Scott, University College London
Institute of European and Comparative Law IECL (Lunch) and Seminar Room C at 12:30

February 2009

Wednesday 25 February

Appointing Foxes to Guard Henhouses - the European Posted Workers' Directive: Speaker: Aravind Ganesh, Lincoln College
Institute of European and Comparative Law IECL (Lunch) and Seminar Room C at 12:30

Wednesday 18 February

Solidarity - an Emerging Paradigm in EU Law: Speaker: Professor Malcolm Ross, University of Sussex
Institute of European and Comparative Law IECL (Lunch) and Seminar Room C at 12:30

Wednesday 11 February

Direct Democracy, the Irish Supreme Court and the Treaty of Lisbon - Or How to Cause a Crisis in the European Union Without Really Trying: Speaker: Dr Gavin Barrett, University College, Dublin
Institute of European and Comparative Law IECL (Lunch) and Seminar Room C at 12:30

Friday 6 February

European Investment Bank and Legal Instrumentalism: Speaker: Roderick Dunnett, Visiting Fellow, Durham University
Institute of European and Comparative Law at 12:30

January 2009

Friday 30 January

The Kadi Judgment: Speaker: Professor Marise Cremona, European University Institute
Institute of European and Comparative Law IECL (Lunch) and Seminar Room C at 12:30

Wednesday 21 January

Judicial Precedent in European Constitutional Pluralism - a Framework of Analysis: Speaker: Jan Komarek, Somerville College
Institute of European and Comparative Law IECL (Lunch) and Seminar Room C at 12:30

November 2008

Wednesday 26 November 2008

General principles of EU law: Speaker: Dr Xavier Groussot, Lund University
Institute of European and Comparative Law Institute of European and Comparative Law at 12:30

Wednesday 19 November

Fundamental freedoms v. economic rights: Speaker: Dr Eleanor Spaventa, Durham University
Institute of European and Comparative Law Institute of European and Comparative Law at 12:30

Wednesday 12 November

Levels of generality in the legal reasoning of the European Court of Justice: Speaker: Gerard Conway, Brunel University and Queen's University Belfast
Institute of European and Comparative Law Institute of European and Comparative Law at 12:30

Wednesday 5 November

Production methods as obstacles to trade: can states in the EU regulate, tax or purchase goods according to the way they are made?: Speaker: Professor Gareth Davies, Free University of Amsterdam
Institute of European and Comparative Law Institute of European and Comparative Law at 12:30

October 2008

Monday 27 October

The Lucchini case and the principle of effectiveness: Speaker: Professor Luigi Daniele, University of Rome
Institute of European and Comparative Law Institute of European and Comparative Law at 12:30

Wednesday 22 October

The international role of the European Union: should we lament the fate of the Reform Treaty?: Speaker: Professor Panos Koutrakos, University of Bristol
Institute of European and Comparative Law Institute of European and Comparative Law at 12:30

Wednesday 15 October

Metock - EU citizens and family reunification explore: Speaker: Cathryn Costello, Worcester College, Oxford
Institute of European and Comparative Law Institute of European and Comparative Law at 12:30

May 2008

Friday 23 May

Abuse of Law in European Tax and Company Law: Cancelled
Speaker: Professor Dr Wolfgang Schön, Max Planck Institute for Intellectual Property, Competition and Tax Law, Munich and University of Munick
Institute of European and Comparative Law Seminar Room C at 12:30

Wednesday 21 May

The Emerging EU Collective Labour Law: Reflections on the Basis of the Viking Line and Laval Cases: Speaker: Professor Ulf Bernitz, University of Stockholm and Institute of European and Comparative Law
Institute of European and Comparative Law IECL and Seminar Room C at 12:30

Wednesday 14 May

The Transformation of Criminal law in the Area of Freedom, Security and Justice: Speaker: Dr Valsamis Mitsilegas, Queen Mary, London
Institute of European and Comparative Law IECL and Seminar Room C at 12:30

Tuesday 13 May

Supranational Review of Domestic Courts in NAFTA: Speaker: Professor Jay Westbrook, University of Texas at Austin
Institute of European and Comparative Law Seminar Room C at 12:30

Wednesday 7 May

Article 95 - The Attribution of Unlimited Competence?: Speaker: Professor Derrick Wyatt, University of Oxford
Institute of European and Comparative Law IECL and Seminar Room C at 12:30

April 2008

Wednesday 30 April

The European Court of Justice and the Fragmentation of EU Law: Speaker: Professor Anthony Arnull, University of Birmingham
Institute of European and Comparative Law IECL and Seminar Room C at 12:30

February 2008

Wednesday 20 February

Union Citizenship and the Territorial Identity of the National Welfare States: Speaker: Prof. Michael Dougan, University of Liverpool
Institute of European and Comparative Law Foyer IECL (lunch), Seminar Room C (talk) at 12:30

Wednesday 13 February

Competition Law, Free Movement Law and Services of General Economic Interest: Speaker: Prof. Erika Szyszczak, University of Leicester
Institute of European and Comparative Law Foyer IECL (lunch), Seminar Room C (talk) at 12:30

January 2008

Wednesday 30 January

Europe's Freedoms and their Eternal Impossibilities: Speaker: Prof. Damian Chalmers, LSE
Institute of European and Comparative Law Foyer IECL (lunch), Seminar Room C (talk) at 12:30

Wednesday 16 January

Human Rights in the EU Reform Treaty (title tbc): Cancelled
Speaker: Prof. Steve Peers, University of Essex
Institute of European and Comparative Law Foyer IECL (lunch), Seminar Room C (talk) at 12:30

November 2007

Wednesday 28 November 2007

The EU Reform Treaty and the Second Pillar: Speaker: Professor Piet Eeckhout, King's College London
Institute of European and Comparative Law Seminar Room C at 12:30

Wednesday 21 November

European Consumer Law: Towards Maximum Harmonisation?: Speaker: Dr Vanessa Mak , Max-Planck-Institut für ausländisches und internationales Privatrecht, Hamburg
Institute of European and Comparative Law Seminar Room C at 12:30