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

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Evening: Dinner, Drinks

Friday, 7 June:

8:00 Breakfast