Institute of European Law
Integration or Disintegration?
Institute of European Law Annual Lecture 2012:
27 June 2012 (16:30-19:00). Attendance is free.
Professor Alan Dashwood (University of Cambridge)
Judicial Activism and Conferred Powers - Is the Court of Justice falling into bad habits?
University of Birmingham Aston Webb WG5, followed by buffet reception.
Conference on the Future of European Law & Policy:
28-29 June 2012 at the University of Birmingham
• Register for the Conference (£99 Regular / £69 academic / £39 student)
Opening session, 28 June 2012, 11:00:
Surviving the Crisis: Integration or Disintegration?
(Arts Building, LT7)
• Professor Martin Trybus (University of Birmingham): Opening Remarks
• Professor Alan Dashwood (University of Cambridge): Keynote address
• Professor Fabian Amtenbrink (Erasmus University Rotterdam): Constitutional failings of the reform of
European economic governance
• Dr. Fernando Losada (University of Helsinki): Institutional experimentalism in European Monetary
Union and national constitutions
• Dr. Aris Georgopoulos (University of Nottingham): A letter from Greece: EU demo(i)cracy in times of
technocractic challenges and fiancial crisis?
Workshop sessions, 28 June 2012, 14:00-17:30 pm and 29 June 2012 09:30 am to 13:00
Conference Dinner on the evening of 28 June.
www.birmingham.ac.uk/IEL2012
Institute of European Law
Birmingham Law School
University of Birmingham
Integration or Disintegration?
3rd Conference on European Law & Policy in Context
Wednesday 27 June 2012 (16:30-19:00)
Aston Webb Building, WG5, 5 pm
Institute of European Law Annual Lecture 2012
Professor Alan Dashwood (University of Cambridge)
Judicial Activism and Conferred Powers –
Is the Court of Justice falling into bad habits?
Followed by a wine reception
28-29 June 2012
CONFERENCE PROGRAMME
Thursday, 28 June 2012:
10.00 - 11.00 Registration, Foyer, Arts Building
Opening session, 28 June 2012, 11.00 am – 1.00 pm, Arts Bldg., Lecture Theatre 7:
‘Surviving the Crisis: Integration or Disintegration?’
Professor Martin Trybus (University of Birmingham): Opening Remarks
Professor Alan Dashwood (University of Cambridge): Keynote address
Professor Fabian Amtenbrink (Erasmus University Rotterdam): “Constitutional
failings of the reform of European economic governance«
Dr. Federico Losada (University of Helsinki): “Institutional experimentalism in
European Monetary Union and national constitutions”
Dr. Aris Georgopoulos (University of Nottingham): "A letter from Greece: EU
demo(i)cracy in times of technocractic challenges and fiancial crisis?"
1.00-2.00 pm: Lunch, Arts Bldg. Senior Common Room
Thursday afternoon and Friday morning there will be parallel workshop sessions in the Arts Bldg.
with the A-stream in Lecture Theatre 7, the B-stream in the Danford Room, the C-stream in the
IAA Museum, the D-stream in the Rodney Hilton Library, the E-stream in Lecture Theatre 8, and
the F-stream in Lecture Theatre 5
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Parallel workshop sessions:
Workshop Sessions 1: Thursday 28 June 2012 (2.00-3:30 pm)
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1A: The Euro Zone Crisis (Lecture Theatre 7)
1B: Who makes law in the EU? (Danford Room)
1C: Russia and the EU (IAA Museum)
1D: Social rights in the EU (Rodney Hilton Library)
1E: Sustainability and human rights (Lecture Theatre 8 )
1F: Internal market (Lecture Theatre 5)
Tea break: 3.30 - 4.00 pm, Senior Common Room (Arts Bldg.)
Workshop Sessions 2: Thursday 28 June 2012 (4.00 - 5:30 pm)
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2A: EU Monetary Policy (Lecture Theatre 7)
2B: Theory (Danford Room)
2C: Africa and the EU (IAA Museum)
2D: Equality and non-discrimination (Rodney Hilton Library)
2E: Competition law I (Lecture Theatre 8)
2F: Withdrawal from the EU (Lecture Theatre 5)
Reception and Conference Dinner, 7.30 – 10.00 pm, Hornton Grange, University of Birmingham
Friday, 29 June 2012
Workshop Sessions 3: Friday 29 June 2012 (9:30-11am)
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3A: Multi-level relations (Lecture Room 7)
3B: Institutions and relations (Danford Room)
3C: EU External Relations (IAA Museum)
3D: EU Asylum and Immigration Law (Rodney Hilton Library)
3E: Competition Law II (Lecture Room 8)
3F: Area of Freedom Security and Justice (Lecture Room 5)
Coffee break: 11.00-11.30 am, Senior Common Room
Workshop Sessions 4: Friday 29 June 2012 (11:30am-1pm)
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4A: Innovative thinking (Lecture Room 7)
4B: The Court of Justice (Danford Room)
4C: EU enlargement (IAA Museum)
4D: Consumer protection (Rodney Hilton Library)
4E: Social affairs and the EU (Lecture Theatre 8)
4F: National identity and the EU (Lecture Theatre 5)
1.00-2.00 pm: Barbecue lunch in front of Birmingham Law School
2.00-3.00 pm: Campus Tour (Aston Webb Building and Barber Institute of Fine Arts)
END OF CONFERENCE
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Parallel workshop sessions – Full programme
Workshop Sessions 1: Thursday 28 June 2012 (2.00-3:30 pm)
1A: Lecture Theatre 7 – The Euro Zone Crisis
Discussant: Chris Bovis (University of Hull)
Nicole Scicluna (La Trobe University Melbourne), EU constitutionalism in flux: is the Euro Zone
precipitating centralisation or diffusion?
Stefan Auer (La Trobe University Melbourne), Constrained democracy: is the Euro Zone Crisis turning
the EU into a German Rechtstaat Writ Large?
Andrew Hemming (University of Southern Queensland), The Euro Zone: too big to fail, too splintered to
succeed
1B: Danford Room – Who makes law in the EU?
Discussant: Tony Arnull (University of Birmingham)
Luigi Corrias (Free University of Amsterdam), Populism and democracy in post-constitutional Europe
Carmen Martinez (Autonomous University of Madrid), A crucial question: when a special legislative
procedure (and thus a legislative act) is at stake?
Adam Cygan (University of Leicester), Soft law, subsidiarity and institutional balance in the EU’s multilevel governance framework
1C: IAA Museum – Russia and the EU
Discussant: Aris Georgopoulos (University of Nottingham) TBC
Guillaume van der Loo (University of Ghent), Russia’s WTO membership
Rilka Dragnewa Lewers (University of Manchester) & Kataryna Wolcuk (University of Birmingham), In the
(growing) shadow of the Eurasian customs union or why EU’s neighbourghood policy has to be redefined
Karin Traunmüller (University of Vienna), Space cooperation between the EU and the Russian
Federation
1D: Rodney Hilton Library –Social rights in the EU
Discussant: Gulara Guliyeva (University of Birmingham)
Ivana Palinkas (University of Tilburg), Social partners in Europe after the Treaty of Lisbon
Roderic O’Gorman (Griffith College Dublin), Creating a fundamental right to a subsistence minimum
under EU law
Konstantina Kalogeropoulou (Kingston University), Improving supplementary (occupational) pension
rights for mobile EU workers
Nicole Busby & Rebecca Zahn (University of Stirling), European labour law in crisis: the demise of
social rights?
1E: Lecture Theatre 8 – Sustainability and human rights
Discussant: Martin Borowski (University of Birmingham)
Elisa Ruozzi (University of Turin), The EU and sustainable development
Hanele Isola-Miettinen (University of Helsinki), Cooperation between Council of Europe and EU in the
field of human rights?
Mehmet Celtik (University of Tilburg), The search for a mandatory EU eco label
Jukka Viljanen (University of Tampere), The quest for a European standard
Eva Barret (University of Dublin), “Facing the Heat”: Will the EU be compelled to revise her Emission
Regulation Policy?
1F: Lecture Theatre 5 – Internal market
Discussant: Katharina Möser (University of Birmingham)
Flora Goudappel (Erasmus University Rotterdam), Trade and citizenship in EU overseas territories
Natalia Woytila (University of Glasgow), Taxation of cross-border business and the Internal Market
Seyed Hamzeh Hosseini (University of Lund), Does corruption mitigate trade in the EU?
Julian Lonbay (University of Birmingham), Europe’s legal professions
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Tea break: 3.30 - 4.00 pm, Senior Common Room (Arts Bldg.)
Workshop Sessions 2: Thursday 28 June 2012 (4.00 - 5:30 pm)
2A: Lecture Theatre 7 -EU Monetary Policy
Discussant: Fabian Amtenbrink (Erasmus University Rotterdam)
Jonathan Bishop (University of Swansea), An integration agenda for the European Union: the role of
institutional and fiscal reform for solving
Chris Bovis (University of Hull), The role and regulation of credit rating agencies in the EU
Patrick O’Callaghan (University of Newcastle), Obstacles to the ECB acting as a lender o last resort in
the government bond markets
2B: Danford Room – Theory
Discussant: Martin Trybus (University of Birmingham)
Delia Manzanero (Autonomous University of Madrid), The Krausist Ideal of Humanity in the process of
European integration
Francesco De Cecco (University of Newcastle), The subjective and the instrumental dimensions of free
movement law
Alina Tryfonidou (University of Reading), “Discrimination” and “Restriction” in EU Free Movement
Law
Sonia Morano Fuadi (Oxford Brookes University), Towards a New Legal Pluralism Theory
2C: IAA Museum – Africa and the EU
Discussant: Alexander Orakhelashvili (University of Birmingham)
Melanie Reid (Lincoln Memorial University), Is West Africa becoming the EU’s Mexico: a perspective
on illicit drug trafficking
Gloria Okemuo (University of Birmingham), Neither integration nor disintegration: an insight into the
legal flexibility of the CSDP in Sub-Saharan Africa
Andrea Spagnolo (University of Milan), The EU naval operation Atalanta: finding Europe an easier
path to better integration?
2D: Rodney Hilton Library – Equality and non-discrimination
Discussant: Evelyn Ellis (University of Birmingham)
Justyna Maliszewska-Nienartowicz (Nicolas Copernicus University of Torún), Tackling multiple
discrimination
Sara Benedi (University of Leicester), Access to remedies to fight racial discrimination at national level
Tahwida Ahmed (University of Reading), The EU, Diversity and Minority Rights: Reflections PostLisbon
Gulara Guliyeva (University of Birmingham), Religious dress
2E: Lecture Theatre 8 – Competition law I
Discussant: Luca Rubini (University of Birmingham)
Oles Andriychuk (University of Stirling), A theoretical insight on the structure of Article 101 TFEU
Victoria Daskalova (University of Tilburg), EU competition law: old goals, new goals
Conor Talbot (European University Institute), The role and influence of European competition law in
the restructuring of crisis industries: lessons from the global airline industry
2F: Lecture Theatre 5 – Withdrawal from the EU
Discussant: Adam Cygan (University of Leicester)
Lena Boucon (European University Institute Florence), The incorporation of retained powers of Member
States into the European legal order and its implications for European integration
Ozlem Sefer (University of Ankara), How would the right of withdrawal from the European Union
affect the Union and the Member States?
Clemens Rieder (University of Reading), Withdrawal in the light of EU citizenship: integration through
disintegration
Adam Lazowski (University of Westminster), Withdrawal from the European Union and Alternatives to
Membership
Reception and Conference Dinner, 7.30 – 10.00 pm, Hornton Grange, University of Birmingham
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Friday, 29 June 2012
Workshop Sessions 3: Friday 29 June 2012 (9:30-11am)
3A: Lecture Room 7 – Multi-level relations
Discussant: Tony Arnull (University of Birmingham)
Kathryn Wright (University of York), The European Commission in national courts
Dorota Leczykiewicz (University of Oxford), The ‘disintegration’ of remedies and procedures in EU
law
Tobias Lock (University of Surrey), Member States liability
Agata Capik (University of Luxembourg) & Martin Petschko (University of Luxembourg), Supremacy upto-date: is the hierarchy of norms outdated by the way of judicial dialogue?
3B: Danford Room – Institutions and relations
Discussant: Martin Trybus (University of Birmingham)
Hans Merket (University of Ghent), Unravelling the principles of loyalty and consistency: the role of the
Court of Justice in ensuring the unity of the EU’s international representation
Davor Jančić (University of Utrecht), A new kind of diplomacy? Integrating the European Parliament
in global decision making
Veronika Fikfak (University of Oxford), Does the integration of European legal order promise the
disintegration of the international? EU courts as actors in the international legal order
3C: IAA Museum – EU External Relations
Discussant: Rilka Dragnewa Lewers (University of Manchester)
Luke Butler (University of Birmingham), A bridge across the Atlantic
Chiara Sisler (University of Milan), The requirement of unity in the international representation of the
EU: recent developments in the context of mixed agreements
Teodora Delsivkova (Neofit Rilski Southwestern University Blagoevgrad), Improving EU legal capacity
for the development policy: new targets and prospects of change
Mery Ciacci (European University Institute Florence), The new EU economic external strategy and its
likely impacts on third countries
3D: Rodney Hilton Library – EU Asylum and Immigration Law
Discussant: Helena Raulus (Erasmus University Rotterdam)
Marie-Laure Basilien-Gainche (University Sorbonne Nouvelle Paris 3), Disintegrative integration
Lisa Avalos (Georgetown University), Female genital mutilation in Europe and Great Britain
Gorkem Atsungur (Yeditepe University Istanbul), Ne bis in idem
3E: Lecture Room 8 - Competition Law II
Discussant: Luca Rubini (University of Birmingham)
Catalin Rusu (University of Nijmegen), EU merger control
Katarzyna Guziak (Jagiellonian University of Krakow), International investment arbitration in the EU
after the Lisbon Treaty
Valerie Demedts (University of Ghent), Diversification in international competition law enforcement:
for better or worse?
3F –Lecture Room 5 – Area of Freedom Security and Justice
Discussant: Flora Goudappel (Erasmus University Rotterdam)
Roberta Munigianou (University of Copenhagen), EU Operational Cooperation: towards a common
policy on external border controls?
Maribel Gonzalez-Pascual (University Pompea Fabra Barcelona), Three ways to cope with potential clash
between fundamental rights and EAW
Esther Herlin-Karnell (Free University of Amsterdam), Limits to mutual recognition in the AFSJ
Helena Raulus (Erasmus University Rotterdam), Unravelling of mutual trust and mutual recognition in
the Area of Freedom, Security and Justice?
Stoyan Panov (University of Birmingham), A borderless European judicial space where Europe arrests
Coffee break: 11.00-11.30 am, Senior Common Room
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Workshop Sessions 4: Friday 29 June 2012 (11:30am-1pm)
4A: Lecture Room 7 – Innovative thinking
Discussant: Jean McHale (University of Birmingham)
Maria K. Sheppard (University of London), The definition of the healthcare basket
Katharina Möser (University of Birmingham), The European fresh-start policy and its implementation
in the United Kingdom
Yasin Kerem Gumus (Sakarya University Istanbul), EU Blue Card Scheme: the right step in the right
direction?
Andrea Faeh (University of Copenhagen), Is further market harmonisation a universal cure to foster
innovation in the Union?
4B: Danford Room – The Court of Justice
Discussant: Dorota Leczykiewicz (University of Oxford)
Constantinos Kombos (University of Cyprus), Judicial activism and the ECJ: still related?”
Ian Kilbey (De Montfort University Leicester), Infringement
Ryan Murphy (Aston University), Judicial law-making gives way to ‘legislative adjudicating
Pieter van Cleynenbreugel (University of Leuven), The confusing constitutional status of positive
procedural obligations in EU law
4C: IAA Museum – EU enlargement
Discussant: Kataryna Wolcuk (University of Birmingham)
Szylvia Varadi (University of Szeged), The enlargement of the European Union: a never ending story?
Dewi Williams (Staffordshire University), The expansion of the EU and Euroslavia
Keith Puttick (Staffordshire University), Croatia’s accession to the EU, European social solidarity and
the threat to free movement from labour market protection and integration barriers
4D: Rodney Hilton Library – Consumer protection
Discussant: Jules Lonbay (University of Birmingham)
Janja Hojnik (University of Maribor), Boosting consumer ethnocentrism in the EU
Zofia Bednarz (University of Malaga), The future of European consumer law: the new Consumer
Rights Directive
Peter Orji (University of Reading), Solving the myth of jurisdiction in the virtual world – European
lesson in the integration of a disintegrating trend
4E: Lecture Theatre 8 – Social affairs and the EU
Discussant: Marianne Wade (University of Birmingham)
Amedeo Arena (University of Naples), Services of general interest as a shared competence: the role of
Union pre-emption
Javier Porras Belara (University CEU San Pablo Madrid), A new normative framework for SGEIs
Clemens Kaupa (University of Vienna), Judicial reconstruction of democratic choice in European
economic law
4F: Lecture Theatre 5 – National identity and the EU
Discussant: Martin Trybus (University of Birmingham)
Darinka Piqani (University of Leiden), The emphasis on national identities in European
constitutionalism: towards disintegration?
Theodore Konstadinides (University of Surrey), Reconciling constitutional identity with the obligations of
EU Membership
Carina Alcoberro Llivina (Pompeu Fabra University Barcelona), What kind of (constitutional) provisions
fall under the new national identity clause
1.00-2.00 pm: Barbecue lunch in front of Birmingham Law School
2.00-3.00 pm: Campus Tour (Aston Webb Building and Barber Institute of Fine Arts)
END OF CONFERENCE
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