Legal Research Network
Bristol, Budapest (ELTE), Ghent, Göttingen, Groningen, Lille - Nord de France, Turku and Uppsala
Members
The Faculties of Law of the universities of Groningen, Ghent, Uppsala and Turku founded the Legal Research Network in 2008. The universities of Göttingen, Bristol, Budapest (ELTE) and Lille - Nord de France have since joined the network.
Activities
Annual Conference
Every year the Legal Research Network organizes a conference, consisting of a
keynote lecture and several workshops dedicated to on the current year's theme.
A number of other workshops are also organized, open to all subjects, on e.g. Administrative,
Private, Criminal law and open to researchers using interdisciplinary approaches
to law, such as sociology, economics and philosophy.
Depending on the number and quality of the papers, the organizing committee offers researchers the possibility of making papers available online on the conference website, and will contemplate publishing a conference volume targeted at the theme of the conference.
Click on 'Annual Conference' in the menu bar on the left for more information.
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| Year | Conference Theme |
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| 2011 | Human Rights and Their Impact on Various Fields of the Law |
| 2010 | Experts in the judicial process |
| 2009 | European dimensions to national law |
| 2008 | Public and Private Interests and the Law |
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Summer School
The Legal Research Network also organizes a Summer School, dedicated to the same theme as the Annual Conference.
Participating PhD students will present their papers, which will be discussed in workshops. Click on 'Summer School' in the menu bar on the left for more information.
| Year | Summer School Theme |
|---|---|
| 2011 | Human Rights and Their Impact on Various Fields of the Law |
| 2010 | Experts in the judicial process |
| 2009 | European dimensions to national law |