Van Gend en Loos Fifty Years On – Edinburgh, Scotland

April 5, 2013 - Jurisprudence - Tagged: ,

The British Institute of International and Comparative Law (BIICL) and the Europa Instituut of the University of Leiden are pleased to announce the 52nd Annual London-Leiden Meeting June 29, 2013, focusing on the 50th anniversary of the landmark case of Van Gend en Loos. “Speakers will explore the origins of the case at national level, and the circumstances leading to its hearing before the European Court of Justice. In addition, Judge Koen Lenaerts, Vice President of the Court of Justice of the European Union, will offer a perspective on the direct effect of international law in the Court’s case-law of the ECJ in relation to the concept of the rule of law.” im