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17 – 20 May 2010
Matthias Oesch, University of Bern and Homburger AG
Bronckers Marco, Vermulst Verhaeghe Graafsma & Bronckers Advocaten
This course will focus on the issue of conflicts of laws in public international law, the analysis of the particular features of WTO law in this regard, and the issue of the relationship between WTO law and national law, in particular discussing direct applicability of WTO norms in national legislations. This course is of particular interest to practitioners who engage in dispute resolution matters, and trade policy officials.
Lecturers:
Matthias Oesch is Assistant Professor of European and International Economic Law at the University of Berne. Furthermore, he is a Senior Research Fellow at the World Trade Institute (WTI) and a lecturer at the University of St. Gallen. Previously, he worked as legal counsel in the WTO Division of the Federal Department of Economics, Switzerland, having inter alia represented Switzerland before the Appellate Body in the US – Steel case and in the DSU Review (2003-2005). He also worked, as attorney-at-law, in a law firm in Zurich (2008-2010). He is a member of the Berne Bar (1999), received his LL.M. from the London School of Economics and Political Science (2000) and his Dr. as well as his PD from the University of Berne (2003 and 2008, respectively). He has written on WTO and EU trade matters and on Swiss law, including three books: Standards of Review in WTO Dispute Resolution (2003), International Trade Regulation: Law and Policy in the WTO, the European Union and Switzerland (2005, co-authored with Thomas Cottier), and Differenzierung und Typisierung: Zur Dogmatik der Rechtsgleichheit in der Rechtsetzung (2008).
Marco Bronckers (1956) received his legal education in the Netherlands (University of Amsterdam, J.D. 1979; Ph.D. 1985) and the United States (University of Michigan, LL.M. 1980). He practiced law in the United States and the Netherlands, following an internship with the European Commission's Legal Service. Since 1990 he is based in Brussels. Having been a partner in leading Dutch and American law firms, Mr. Bronckers created his own firm with Vermulst Verhaeghe Graafsma & Bronckers in the summer of 2009. His legal specialties are European law, international trade law, and competition law. During his career as a practicing lawyer, Mr Bronckers has published and lectured widely. He is a professor of law at the University of Leiden, where he holds the chair of WTO and EC external trade relations law. In addition, he is a regular lecturer at the World Trade Institute, University of Bern (MILE program), and the University of Barcelona (IELPO program). He is a member of the Scientific Advisory Board at the Max Planck Institute für ausländisches öffentliches Recht und Völkerrecht in Heidelberg. He is also an associate editor of the Journal of International Economic Law (published by Oxford University Press).
Cost: CHF 1’500.-
Registration date: 10 May 2010
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