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Conference (Paris, July 16-17, 2007): "Judicial Administration (selection of the appeals to the Supreme Court)", "Education for Judges", "Subsidiarity and federalism"

- “Judicial Administration (selection of the appeals to the Supreme Court)”

- “Education for Judges”

- “Subsidiarity and federalism”

Conference of the Network of the Presidents of the Supreme Courts of the European Union

and the Supreme Court of the United States

Paris, July 17, 2007

5 quai de l’Horloge, 75 001

 

AGENDA

Tuesday, July 17

9:00 - 9:30 Inauguration ceremony of the Cornell Center for Documentation on American Law

(Library of the Cour de cassation)

9:30 - 12:00 Meeting of the Network of the Presidents of the Supreme Judicial Courts of the European Union and the Supreme Court of the United States

Working languages: French and English with simultaneous translation

Welcome by First President Lamanda, Cour de cassation and by Procureur Général Nadal, Cour de cassation

Chair – Lord Phillips, President of the Network

9:40 - 10:40 Topic 1: Judicial Administration (selection of the appeals to the Supreme court)

9:40 Chief Justice Roberts, Supreme Court of the United States

9:50 Lord Phillips, Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales

10:00 President Hon Prof. Dr. Griss, Supreme Court of Austria

10:10 First President Prof. Dr. hab Gardocki, Supreme Court of Poland

10:20 Discussion

10:40 - 11:20  Topic 2: Education for Judges

10:40 Justice Ginsburg, Supreme Court of the United States

10:50 President Davids, Supreme Court of the Netherlands

11:00 Discussion

11:20 - 12:00 Topic 3: Subsidiarity and federalism

11:20 Justice Breyer, Supreme Court of the United States

11:30 President Prof. Dr. Hirsch, Supreme Court of Germany

11:40 Discussion

12:00 - 12:30 Press conference