CELS Lunchtime Seminar: 'A Comparison of the use of Comparative Judicial Materials by the ECJ and ECHR'

A lecture by Professor Christopher McCrudden, Queen's University Belfast

Professor Christopher McCrudden will speak on the topic of "Why compare? A comparison of the use of comparative judicial materials by the European Court of Justice and the European Court of Human Rights in human rights cases".

There has been an upsurge of interest over the last decade in the use by judges of judicial opinions other than those produced in the legal system in which the court is situated. This interest has now resulted in considerably greater scepticism of the use of such opinions in human rights cases by the European Court of Justice and the European Court of Human Rights.  What can a comparative study of the two Court’s tell us about this practice, about “human rights”, and about the development of European law (broadly conceived)?

Date    :  Wednesday 27th February 2013

Time    :  1pm (with a sandwich lunch from 12.45pm)

Venue  :  B16, Faculty of Law

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