4-7 June 2024, Mountain Seminar – Jan Komárek presented his book project
Mountain seminar is a regular gathering of scholars interested in public law in Europe (very broadly conceived) founded by Marco Dani and Jan Komárek in 2017.
This year Jan presented his book project tentatively titled The rise and fall of European constitutionalism: from utopia to ideology, 1980-2009. It will be the final publication of the whole IMAGINE project.
Programme of the seminar:
Tuesday, 4 June
Arrival to the Mountains.
Dinner – the hotel restaurant accepts orders until 21:00.
Wednesday, 5 June
8:00 Breakfast
9:00-10:30 PAPER: Mark Dawson, The capacity-control dilemma: Re-thinking EU law’s development
Discussion introduced by Sacha Garben
10:30-11:00 Coffee Break
11:00-12:30 PROJECT: Signe Rehling Larsen: Constituting Transnational Orders: Experiments in Transnational Constitutionalism and the Political Imagination of Post-imperial Worldmaking
Discussion introduced by Anuscheh Farahat
12:30 Lunch
13:30-15:00 PAPER: Zuzana Vikarská: Recognition of National Identity as Sovereign Statehood: A Minimalist Interpretation of Article 4(2) TEU
Discussion introduced by Marco Dani
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18:00-19:30 COURSE PROJECT: Elise Muir, The protection of fundamental rights in the EU: opportunities & challenges
Discussion introduced by Monica Claes, Marco Dani and Jan Komárek
Evening: Dinner, Drinks
Thursday, 6 June
8:00 Breakfast
9:00-10:30 PROJECT: Jan Komárek, The rise and fall of European constitutionalism: from utopia to ideology, 1980-2009
Discussion introduced by Paul Linden-Retek
10:30-11:00 Coffee Break
11:00-12:30 PROJECT: Joana Mendes, Constitutive Powers. Law and Public Power in the EU Administration
Discussion introduced by Angelo Golia Jr.
12:30 Lunch
13:30-15:30 PROJECT: David Kosař, Fixing the Bench: Global Perspectives on Court-Reform, Judicial Tenure, and Changes in the Judiciary
Discussion introduced by Monica Claes
Hike No 2
Evening: Dinner, Drinks
Friday, 7 June:
8:00 Breakfast