Enforcing the Rule of Law through Judicial Interaction Techniques

Overview

What you will learn

The outcomes of the Enforcing the Rule of Law through Judicial Interaction Techniques course offered by European University Institute (EUI) are:

• You will be able to understand and explain the main legal issues relating to the European rule of law (the training’s “core”);

• You will be able to identify the standard of effective judicial protection under Article 47 EU CFR and the role of the ECHR and the case law of the Strasbourg Court to determine it;

• You will become familiar with the procedural steps through which the existence of a duty to pursue or suspend horizontal judicial cooperation exists;

• You will become familiar with the allocation of the burden of proof in cases concerning the implications of rule of law problems on mutual trust, as well as understand how that burden can be satisfied;

• You will be able to establish whether the solution of the pending case requires the involvement of the Court of Justice through the reference for preliminary ruling;

• You will be able to find cases decided by the Court of Justice or national courts which can help you solving the pending case or supporting your legal arguments;

• You will understand how to implement the relevant case law of the Court of Justice in your case;

• You will acquire the ability to relate the knowledge acquired to the cases you are dealing with in your legal practice;

• You will be able to create and design new arguments to convincingly plead your case where issues concerning mutual trust and the rule of law arise;

• You will become part of a network of legal practitioners and scholars dealing with similar issues that could provide support for future questions.