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Prof. Böckenförde participates in a seminar on 'Proactive Constitutional Review Processes

July 16, 2024

On Thursday 11 July 2024, Markus Böckenförde participated in a seminar on 'Proactive Constitutional Review Processes', which was jointly organised by International IDEA and the Polish Ministry of Justice. In a discussion that included the Polish Minister of Justice, Adam Bodnar, the President of the Board of the Helsinki Foundation, Maciej Nowicki, and Tom Ginsburg (University of Chicago), Mr. Böckenförde examined the potential for learning from recent experiences in designing legal and constitutional frameworks for democracy that are more resilient to backsliding.

Prof. Cesario Alvim's participation in a lecture series by the Brazilian Supreme Federal Court

July 1, 2024

On June 28th, Professor Juliana Cesario Alvim participated in a special edition of the lecture series 'Hora de Atualização,' hosted by the office of Vice President of the Brazilian Supreme Federal Court (STF), Justice Edson Fachin. 

CIVICA Summer School "European Roma Rights and Policies" held by Prof. Möschel and Prof. Kóczé

July 1, 2024

From June 24-June 27, Associate Professor, Mathias Möschel, co-directed with Angela Kocze a CIVICA financed Summer School on "European Roma Rights and Policies" with participants from other CIVICA partner institutions as well as the Ukraine. 

Professor Tibor Tajti's upcoming talk at the Role of Debtors and Creditors in the Transposition of Directive (EU) 2019/1023 on Restructuring and Insolvency conference

May 10, 2024

Given the high priority the European Union attributes to the ‘second chance’ bankruptcy philosophy and restructuring of businesses in, or facing, financial distress, it might be of interest to some of our students and alumni that a related international conference devoted to the topic will take place at the University of Luxembourg on the 30th of May 2024. The conference is titled ‘The Role of Debtors and Creditors in the Transposition of Directive (EU) 2019/1023 on Restructuring and Insolvency’ that besides restructuring practitioners’ presentations will include also a talk by Prof. Tibor Tajti on the relevance and impact of the bankruptcy stigma on restructurings in Europe. The Program of the conference is available here: https://www.uni.lu/fdef-en/events/the-role-of-debtors-and-creditors-in-the-transposition-of-directive-eu-2019-1023-on-restructuring-and-insolvency/

SJD candidate Mark Warren publishes article on Silvergate Bank in Journal of Banking Regulation

May 10, 2024

SJD candidate Mark Warren analyses the demise of US bank Silvergate Bank and the implications for prudential regulation of banks in his article published in the Journal of Banking Regulation, titled "The rise and fall of Silvergate Bank: lessons for prudential regulation of crypto-sector banking".