Summer Colloquium

To apply please send us:
1. The completed application form (Registration Form Download);
2. A copy of your curriculum vitae;
3. A cover letter (one page) in which you clearly explain why you are applying for this colloquium;
4. A recent portrait picture.

Please note that:

. Prior knowledge of law is needful.

. All lectures are in English. An official certificate of language proficiency is not required but you need to be fluent in English to be able to understand the classes and to interact with fellow students.

. Only complete applications are considered.

. Any questions can be emailed to summercolloquium@ij.uc.pt

. All applications are dealt with on an individual basis.

. Provided you are considered eligible, you will receive a pre-admission email.

. Your admission to the colloquium will be final once the payment of the fee is made.

. The deadline for application is 31 July 2017. Applicants will be admitted on a rolling basis. Early application is strongly advised.

Monday 28

9.30h Welcome Reception and Registration

10h – 13h The counter-limits doctrine or the limits of the global constitutional polity
Diana-Urania Galetta (Università degli Studi di Milano)

15h – 18h The counter-limits doctrine in EU constitutional law
Ferdinand Wollenschläger (Universität Augsburg) ­

Tuesday 29

10h – 13h Erosion of the rule of law in the European Union?
Jacques Ziller (Università di Pavia)

15h – 18h The principle of direct effect
José Luis Cruz Vilaça (Court of Justice of the European Union)

Wednesday 30

10h – 13h European consensus and margin of appreciation under ECtHR case law
Janneke Gerards (Utrecht University)

15h – 18h Constitutionalism and new democracies in Latin America
Javier Couso (Universidad Diego Portales - Chile)

Thursday 31

10h – 13h Comparative Reasoning in International Investment Law and Arbitration
Valentina Vadi (Lancaster University)

15h – 18h The (new) Commonwealth model of constitutionalism
Jean-François Gaudreault-DesBiens (Université de Montréal)

Friday 1

10h – 13h Comparative judicial review
Jónatas Machado (Coimbra University)

15h – 18h Judicial review of legislation in new democracies
Wang Chao (University of Macau)

Saturday 2

10h – 13h Comparative reasoning in constitutional courts
Michal Bobek (Avocate General at the ECJ)

15h – 18h Comparative reasoning in constitutional courts
Maria Lucia Amaral (NOVA University of Lisbon; former Vice-President of the Portuguese Constitutional Court)