EUSI is a centre for academic education and research, and outreach activities on the EU related issues in Japan
EUSI is a centre for academic education and research, and outreach activities on the EU related issues in Japan
#3504 Mercury tower,
Hitotsubashi University
2-1, Naka, Kunitachi,
Tokyo 186-8601, Japan
Tel: 042-580-9117
Fax: 042-580-9109
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Organisation and function of the European Court of Justice
At East No. 2 Hall #2201
At 8:50 - 10:20
On Friday, 29th of May, 2009
I. Some preliminary remarks: Nature and Construction of the European
Union
I.1. Main features of the European Union
I.2. The legal system of the EC
I.3. The Application of EC Law
II. Organisation of the judicial institutions (ECJ, CFI, EU Civil Service
Tribunal)
II.1. Composition and Organisation of the ECJ
II.2. Composition and Organisation of the CFI
II.3. The EU Civil Service Tribunal
III. The competencies of the ECJ
III.1. “Ensure that the law is observed”
III.2. Outline of the competencies of the ECJ
IV. The procedure on preliminary rulings
IV.1. The questions that can be referred
IV.1.1. Interpretation of Community law
IV.1.2. Validity of acts of institutions of the EC
IV.2. The courts and Tribunals that can make a referral
IV.3. Consequences of the referral of a question on the national
procedure
IV.4. The decision of the ECJ and its effects
V. Some statistics
University Professor Dr. Rudolf Thienel
Vice-President of the Administrative Supreme Court
Curriculum Vitae
1960 Born on 2 August in Vienna
1978-1982 Law studies at the University of Vienna
1982-1988 Research Assistant at the Institute for State and Administrative Law at the University of Vienna
1988 Seconded to the Legal Service of the Federal Chancellery
1989 Habilitation for Austrian Constitutional and Administrative Law, and nomination as Assistant Professor at the University of Vienna
1993 Nomination as University Professor at the University of Vienna
1995/1996 Visiting Professor at the University of Linz
2003-2007 Member of the senate of the University of Vienna
2005 Member of the Austrian Convent (to reform Austrian constitution)
2005-2007 Director of the Institute of the Constitutional and Administrative Law
2007 Nomination as Vice-president of the Administrative Supreme Court
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