Within the XX Anniversary of Minho University Law School (EDUM) celebrations, the Centre of Studies in European Union Law CCEDU) organized a colloquium to honour Judge Cunha Rodrigues, entitled "The Courts' Role in the Construction of an Union Based on the Rule of Law". The colloquium took place in EDUM's noble auditorium, on 28th May 2013 from 9:00 am.
Cunha Rodrigues was a CJEU Judge for twelve years. In spite of stating that the judgments he reported, good or bad, aren't his but the Court's, the truth is his sagacity and clarity marked indelibly CJEU's jurisprudence in the first decade of the XXI century - and even the integration process. As a member of CEDU's Monitoring Committee, it is only fair we paid him this simple homage, during the EDUM's XX Anniversary Celebrations.
From some material domains of the European Union in which Cunha Rodrigues intervened during his passage through the CJEU, the colloquium intended to centre the attention in the application of Union law by the courts which integrate the European judiciary structure (mainly the Member-States courts, while functionally European courts). In today's society so much is discussed about the current crisis reveals a crucial dysfunction between the European citizen's expectations and the institutional mechanisms of political integration at their disposal. It is important to know if the development of a broaden notion of "citizenship of rights" (developed by the CJEU after the national courts incitements) performs any role in this scenario.
The project was supported by the Jean Monnet Chair "Citizenship of rights: European citizenship as the fundamental statute of nationals of Member-States", also by the Portuguese Judges Union Association and by the Public Prosecutors Union. The speakers who joined the homage are CEDU's Researchers and Lecturers at EDUM's Master Degree in European Union Law, as well as Judges and Public Prosecutors who are confronted with the growing application of European Union Law in the daily life of our courts.
To acess the poster please click here: Cartaz - Cunha Rodrigues.pdf
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The Courts' Role in the Construction of an Union Based on the Rule of Law
Colloquium in honour of Cunha Rodrigues
(within the celebration of Minho University's Law School XX Anniversary)
28 de may de 2013, Minho University's Law School Noble Auditorium
Opening Session - 9:00h to 9:30h
- Alessandra Silveira (CEDU's Director)
- Mário Ferreira Monte (Minho University Law School's President)
- António Cunha (UMinho Rector)
1.st Pannel - 9:30h to 11:00h
(European Citizenship and Fundamental Rights)
President:
- Guilherme Figueiredo (President of the Porto's District Council of the Bar of Lawyers)
Speakers:
- Alessandra Silveira (CEDU's Director, Jean Monnet Chair in EU Law)
- Maria Rosa Tching (Court of Appeal Judge at the Guimarães Court of Appeal)
- Pedro Baranita (Public Prosecutor)
- José Cabrita e Cunha (Court of Appeal Judge at the Porto Court of Appeal)
- Sophie Perez Fernandes (EDUM?s Lecturer, FCT PhD Scholar)
2.nd Pannel - 11:15h to 12:45h
(Judicial Cooperation in Criminal Matters)
President:
- António Cluny, Adjunct Public Prosecutor at the Audit Court, MEDEL's President (Magistrats européens pour la démocratie et les libertés)
Speakers:
- Mário Ferreira Monte (EDUM's President)
- António Latas (Court of Appeal Judge at the Évora Court of Appeal)
- Jorge Costa (Public Prosecutor)
- André Pitton (PhD Student at UMinho University, CEDU's Collaborating Member)
- Helena Patrício (Judge at the Ílhavo's Medium and Small Instance Court, former Référendaire at the European Court of Justice)
3.rd Pannel - 14:15h to 15:45h
(Internal Market Aspects)
President:
- Luís Couto Gonçalves (UMinho University Cathedratic Professor )
Speakers:
- Maria Miguel Carvalho (EDUM's Professor)
- João Ramos Lopes (Court of Appeal Judge at the Guimarães Court of Appeal)
- Cláudia Viana (UMinho Pro-Rector)
- João Rato (Public Prosecutors Office Inspector)
- Pedro Madeira Froufe (EDUM's Professor)
4.th Panel- 16:00h to 17:30h
(Judicial Cooperation in Civil Matters)
President:
- José Mouraz Lopes (Advising Judge of the Tax Court, President of the Union of Portuguese Judges)
Speakers:
- José Igreja Matos (Assistant Judge at Porto Court of Appeal, Vice-President Of the International Magistrate's Union)
- José Manuel Ribeiro de Almeida (Public Prosecutor at the Constitutional Court)
- Carlos Marinho (Court of Appeal Judge at the Lisbon Court of Appeal)
- Anabela Gonçalves (EDUM's Professor)
- Joana Rita Abreu (EDUM's Lecturer, FCT PhD Scholar)
Closing Session- 17:45 to 18:45
(European Justice Organization and Functioning and Working Methods)
President:
- António Ribeiro (Court of Appeal Judge - President of Guimarães Court of Appeal)
Speakers:
- Joana Marques Vidal (Public Prosecutor)
- José Narciso Cunha Rodrigues
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