11 November 2009
Advocate General to lead Dundee seminar
Photo opportunity: 3.50pm, Friday, November 13th at MootCourt Room, Scrymgeour Building, University of Dundee. Eleanor Sharpston will be available to photograph prior to the start of the seminar.
One of Europe’s most distinguished legal professionals will examine the evolving role of the European Court of Justice when she leads a seminar involving students and staff from the University of Dundee later this week.
Eleanor Sharpston, Advocate General of the ECJ, will deliver the latest in the Scrymgeour Seminar Series at the School of Law’s Moot Court Room, Scrymgeour Building, from 4pm on Friday, November 13th.
The seminar is entitled ‘From child abduction to the European Arrest Warrant: How is the ECJ getting on with its new competences under the AFSJ?’. Prior to this, she will meet with staff who teach the EU Law Module at the University, and present a lecture, ‘The Role of the European Court of Justice’ to law undergraduates.
Event organiser Justin Borg-Barthet, a lecturer at the School of Law, said, 'Ms Sharpston's visit is an excellent opportunity for students and staff to meet a truly outstanding EU law scholar who warrants profound praise.'
'Her lecture to undergraduate students about the role of the European Court of Justice will provide students with a unique insight into the workings of the Court, and the role that it plays in shaping the rights of the EU's citizens.'
'We are honoured to have her visit us in Dundee and thankful for her continued commitment to legal education in the United Kingdom.'
The ECJ started life as an economic court, but its jurisdiction has expanded to matters
concerning the 'area of freedom, security and justice' (AFSJ). This contains, along with familiar
issues of civil jurisdiction and judgments, new areas far removed from economics, such as criminal
and family law.
The seminar will examine how the ECJ has acquitted itself under its new remit, how new procedures have been operating; and what the possible challenges are going forward, particularly now that the Treaty of Lisbon has been ratified.
Eleanor Sharpston was référendaire (judicial assistant) to a previous Advocate General between
1987 and 1990. She returned to private practice and acted in several landmark cases that have
shaped EU Law and British constitutional law.
She has remained active in academia, first as a Lecturer at University College London and
subsequently at the University of Cambridge.
Ms Sharpston was appointed Advocate General at the European Court of Justice in January 2006,
and has also been First Advocate General. She has since given numerous Opinions that have helped
to shape the development of EU law and the rights of the Community’s citizens.
The Scrymgeour Seminar Series was established in the early 1990’s, originally as a forum
that would lead to the publication of edited books. It has since developed into a series where
eminent scholars are invited to discuss their work with the research community at Dundee Law School.
Renowned scholars, judges and law commissioners have given seminars in the past.
The 2009-2010 series features presentations by prominent academics and judges from six
jurisdictions and spanning several legal disciplines.
The Series is named in honour of Henry Scrymgeour (1506-1572). A native of Dundee,
Scrymgeour went on to graduate from St. Andrews, and become Professor of Philosophy and Civil Law
in the University of Geneva.
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