The framework for the seminar is the latest publication by Dimitry Kochenov, Lead Researcher of the Rule of Law Workgroup at CEU Democracy Institute and Laurent Pech, Senior Research Fellow at CEU Democracy Institute: „Respect for the Rule of Law in the Case Law of the European Court of Justice: A Casebook Overview of Key Judgments since the Portuguese Judges Case“.
The European Court of Justice is behind a recent and genuine enhancement of European constitutionalism, placing the rule of law, a long-established value and principle of EU law, at the center stage. This rule of law-enhancing process of re-articulation of EU constitutionalism is ongoing and represents the Court of Justice’s incrementalist response to the process of rule of law backsliding which first emerged in Hungary before spreading to Poland.
