European Law – Developed behind Closed Doors and Kept Inside?
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Liechtenstein-Hayek-Saal
Plenary
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German and English languageThe people constitutes the legitimate basis of the legislative process. Do European legislative processes lack a ‘European people’ legitimising them and acting as the necessary public? Which measures can and should be taken to establish and preserve the citizens’ confidence in European law?
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Dr. Maria BERGER
Former Justice, Court of Justice of the European Union, Luxembourg
| 1975-1979 | Dr. jur., Rechtswissenschaften & Volkswirtschaftslehre, Universität Innsbruck |
| 1979-1984 | Universitätsassistentin, Institut für Öffentliches Recht und Politikwissenschaften, Universität Innsbruck |
| 1984-1988 | Stellvertretende Abteilungsleiterin, Bundesministerium für Wissenschaft und Forschung, Wien |
| 1988-1989 | Sachbearbeiterin für EU-Fragen, Bundeskanzleramt, Wien |
| 1989-1992 | Leiterin, Abteilung für Integrationspolitische Koordination, Bundeskanzleramt, Wien |
| (Vorbereitung des Beitritts Österreichs zur Europäischen Union) | |
| 1993-1994 | Direktorin, EFTA-Überwachungsbehörde, Genf und Brüssel |
| 1995-1996 | Vizepräsidentin, Donau-Universität Krems |
| 1996-2007 | Abgeordnete, Europäischen Parlaments & Mitglied des Rechtsausschusses |
| 1997-2009 | Mitglied, Gemeinderat der Stadtgemeinde Perg |
| 2002-2003 | Stellvertretendes Mitglied, Europäischen Konvents zur Zukunft Europas |
| 2007-2008 | Bundesministerin für Justiz, Wien |
| 2008-2009 | Abgeordnete, Europäischen Parlaments & Mitglied des Rechtsausschusses |
| 2009-2019 | Richterin, Europäisches Gerichtshof, Luxembourg |
Prof. Dr. Peter Michael HUBER
Former Minister of the Interior; Justice, Federal Constitutional Court of Germany, Karlsruhe
| 1991 | Professor for Public Law, University of Augsburg |
| 1992 | Professor; Chair of Constitutional and Administrative Law, Friedrich Schiller University of Jena |
| 1995-1998 | Member of the German Bundestag s Study Commission for the Overcoming of the Consequences of the SED Dictatorship in the Process of German Unity |
| 1996-2002 | Judge at the Higher Administrative Court (Oberverwaltungsgericht) of Thuringia (in addition to his regular duties) |
| 2001 | Professor; Chair of Public Law and Law of European Integration, Bayreuth University |
| Visiting Professor, University of Turku | |
| 2002 | Professor; Chair of Public Law and State Philosophy, Ludwig-Maximilian University of Munich |
| 2006 | Visiting Professor, Universidade Católica Portuguesa, Lisbon |
| 2007-2009 | Member of the Constitutional Court (Staatsgerichtshof) of the Free Hanseatic City of Bremen |
| 2009 | Visiting Professor, Università degli Studi di Cagliari |
| 2009-2010 | Minister of the Interior of the Free State of Thuringia |
| since 2010 | Justice of the Federal Constitutional Court (Second Senate), Karlsruhe |
Dr. Tatjana JOSIPOVIC
Professor of Civil Law, Faculty of Law, University of Zagreb
| Tatjana Josipovi is a professor of civil law of Faculty of Law, University of Zagreb. She teaches courses in Civil Law, European Private Law and Land Registry Law. Before she joined the University in 1987, she practised in the legal office. She acted as a member of the working groups that drafted the Inheritance Act, Proparty Act, Land Registry Act, Agricultural Land ect. | |
| Professor Josipovi was a vice dean of the University of Zagreb School of Law; a head of the task-force preparing Croatia's accession negotiations in the chapter Right of Establishment and Freedom to Provide Services and member of the task-force preparing accession negotiations in the chapter Free Movement of Capital. |
Dr. Raimund LÖW
Bureau Chief, ORF - Austrian Broadcasting Corporation, Brussels
| Studium der Neueren Geschichte und Politikwissenschaften, Universitäten Lausanne (CH) und Wien | |
| Aktiv in der Wiener Studentenbewegung | |
| Historische Forschungen zu zeitgeschichtlichen Themen und Lehrtätigkeit an verschiedenen Universitäten | |
| Mitarbeit, Ludwig Boltzmann Institut für Geschichte der Arbeiterbewegung | |
| Referate und Beiträge auf Internationalen Historikerkongressen in Linz, Mexico City, Amsterdam | |
| Lehrtätigkeit, Universitäten Nottingham, Wien, Salzburg und Innsbruck | |
| Forschungstätigkeit, Amsterdam, Zagreb, Belgrad und Ljubljana | |
| Seit Mitte der 80er-Jahre Schwerpunkt auf aktueller journalistischer Berichterstattung im Österreichischen Rundfunk (ORF), Wien | |
| 1989-1991 | Korrespondent des ORF, Moskau |
| 1991-1997 | sowie |
| 2003-2007 | Korrespondent und Büroleiter, ORF-Büro, Washington |
| seit 2007 | Büroleiter, ORF-Büro, Brüssel |
Dr. LL.M Christiane C. WENDEHORST
Professor of Private Law, University of Vienna; President, European Law Institute (ELI), Vienna
| 1988-1995 | Law Studies, First and Second State Examination in Law, LMU Munich |
| 1993-1998 | Doctorate in law and Habilitation, LMU Munich |
| 1997-1998 | Master of Laws, University of Cambridge |
| 1998-1999 | Gerd-Bucerius-Chair for Comparative Law and Legal Harmonisation in the Baltic Sea Region, University of Greifswald |
| 1999-2008 | Professor of Private Law, Medical Law, Conflict of Laws and Comparative Law (Chair), University of Göttingen |
| 2000-2008 | Managing Director, Sino-German Institute for Legal Studies, Göttingen |
| since 2008 | Professor of Private Law (Chair), Department of Civil Law, University of Vienna |
| since 2011 | Founding Member and currently President of the European Law Institute (ELI), Vienna |
| since 2015 | Chair, Private Law Section, Austrian Jurists Association (ÖJT), Vienna |
| since 2017 | Chair, Academy Council, Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna |
