Cambridge Centre for European Legal Studies (CELS) Podcast
by Faculty of Law, University of Cambridge · 178 episodes
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The Centre for European Legal Studies (CELS) at the Faculty of Law, University of Cambridge, runs a series of lunchtime seminars during the Michaelmas and Lent Terms. These seminars provide a platform for the presentation of new ideas by leading scholars from inside and outside the University. The lunchtime seminars address topical issues of European Union Law and Comparative Law, with a view to using collective debate as a forum for developing and disseminating ideas, and producing high quality research publications which contribute to an understanding of major issues in the European Union. There is a close link between the...
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42 min
Towards a Value-Based Union Citizenship: Trust, Democracy, and Solidarity: CELS Lunchtime Seminar
Speaker: Dr Luke Dimitrios Spieker, Humboldt University, BerlinAbstract: The CJEU’s decision in Commission v Malta marks the summit of a long-standing, highly controversial debate…
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2 h 35
The UK-EU Agreement in respect of Gibraltar: CELS Seminar
When the UK and the EU concluded the Trade and Cooperation Agreement at the end of 2020, Gibraltar was deliberately left outside its scope. After more than four years of negotiatio…
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1 h 02
Federal Impartiality: Navigating Divisive Rights in the EU and the US: CELS and CPL Book launch
The Centre for European Legal Studies and the Centre for Public Law held a book launch and panel discussion on Dr Mohamed Moussa's recent monograph: Federal Impartiality: Navigatin…
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34 min
The Judiciary and the Rule of Law in Europe: Lord Justice Baker
On 28 March 2026 CELS held a seminar event on 'The Rule of Law as a (dis)unifying Value in the European Legal Order?'.Among the rule of law's many virtues is its capacity to provid…
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30 min
The Rule of Law, the Market, and European Identity: Professor Catherine Barnard
On 28 March 2026 CELS held a seminar event on 'The Rule of Law as a (dis)unifying Value in the European Legal Order?'.Among the rule of law's many virtues is its capacity to provid…
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30 min
Enforcing the Rule of Law as a Value under EU Law: Professor Albertina Albors-Llorens
On 28 March 2026 CELS held a seminar event on 'The Rule of Law as a (dis)unifying Value in the European Legal Order?'.Among the rule of law's many virtues is its capacity to provid…
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31 min
The Nature of Values in Supranational Legal Orders: Nabil H. Khabirpour
On 28 March 2026 CELS held a seminar event on 'The Rule of Law as a (dis)unifying Value in the European Legal Order?'.Among the rule of law's many virtues is its capacity to provid…
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52 min
Effectiveness and Coherence in Article 102 TFEU: CELS Lunchtime Seminar
Speaker: Professor Niamh Dunne, LSEBiography: Niamh Dunne is a professor at the Law School of the London School of Economics, where she teaches and researches in competition law.Ab…
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45 min
The History of European Union Law - Constitutional Practice, 1950 to 1993: CELS Lunchtime Seminar
Speaker: Professor Morten Rasmussen, University of CopenhagenBiography: Morten Rasmussen is Associate Professor at the SAXO Institute, University of Copenhagen and a leading expert…
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34 min
Norway’s Patchwork of Agreements with the EU: Challenges to ‘the Norway Model’ brought about by the EU’s Strat…
Speaker: Professor Halvard Haukeland Fredriksen, UIB, NorwayBiography: Halvard Haukeland Fredriksen is professor of European law at the University of Bergen, Norway. Besides his No…
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1 h 40
The Future of the European Convention on Human Rights in the United Kingdom: CELS/CPL/LCIL Roundtable
The Centre for European Legal Studies (CELS), The Centre for Public Law (CPL) and the Lauterpacht Centre for International Law (LCIL) held a roundtable event on 'The Future of the…
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57 min
Investor Citizenship - Case C-181/23 Commission v Malta: CELS Roundtable Discussion
Case C-181/23 Commission v Malta (investor citizenship) is one of the most important decisions the Court has handed down on EU citizenship. It is of significant interest not just b…
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53 min
Controversial Contemporary Direct Effect: Directives and Beyond: CELS Lunchtime Seminar
Speaker: Professor Daniele Gallo, Luiss University, ItalyAbstract: The seminar, building upon Professor Gallo’s book, Direct Effect in EU Law (EU Law Library Series, OUP, 2025), wi…
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46 min
EU Anti-Discrimination Law through the Lens of Critical Theory: CELS Lunchtime Seminar
Speaker: Dr Raphaële Xenidis, Sciences Po Law School, FranceAbstract: EU anti-discrimination law has been a subject of choice for critiques from various disciplines. One influentia…
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28 min
REUL/Assimilated Law: the Current Rules(?): CELS Lunchtime Seminar
Speaker: Dr Julian Ghosh, Cambridge University Abstract: In this seminar Dr Ghosh will address what, post-Lipton are the rules for REUL/AL; examples of UK Court decisions which sh…
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1 h 00
The 'For Women Scotland' judgment - An academic discussion: CELS Webinar
An online debate considering the recent Supreme Court case of 'For Women Scotland Ltd v The Scottish Ministers' which was handed down on 16 April featuring Aidan O’Neill KC (Scot.)…
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36 min
The Future of the European Union: Socio-Economic and Political Challenges to its Legal-Constitutional Framewor…
Speaker: Dr Bernadette Zelger, University of InnsbruckAbstract: The debate about the future of the European Union has long left academic circles, arrived in the midst of society an…
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38 min
'Digital Empire or Fiefdoms? The Role of 'the EU' as a Digital Power': CELS Seminar
Speaker: Professor Orla Lynskey, University College London Abstract: The EU ‘digital empire’ seeks to align technological development to its rights and values by adopting and promo…
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42 min
'EU Antitrust Law's Resilience: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly': CELS Seminar
Speaker: Dr Andriani Kalintiri, King’s College LondonAbstract: Is EU antitrust law resilient in the face of change? This question has acquired prominence amidst the many crises and…
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31 min
'The Familiapress Dilemma: The Horizontal Application, Horizontal Direct Effect and Horizontal Enforcement of…
Speaker: Professor Barend van Leeuwen, Durham UniversityAbstract: What do we mean when we talk about the "horizontal direct effect" of the free movement provisions? You would think…