CONFERENCE OF THE NETWORK OF THE PRESIDENTS
OF THE SUPREME JUDICIAL COURTS OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
AND THE SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES
Programme
Paris, July 16-17, 2007
Monday, July 16
7.00 p.m. Cocktail Reception and Dinner (7.45 p.m.),
Hosted by His Excellency Mr. Stapleton, Ambassador of the United States in France
(Embassy of the United States)
Business attire
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Tuesday, July 17
8:45 a.m. Arrival of the participants
(Cour de cassation, 5 quai de l’Horloge, 75 001 Paris)
9:00 - 9:30 a.m. Inauguration ceremony of the Cornell Center for Documentation on American Law
(Library of the Cour de cassation)
9:30 - 12:00 a.m Meeting of the Network of the Presidents of the Supreme Judicial Courts of the European Union and the Supreme Court of the United States
(Grand’Chambre, Cour de Cassation)
Working languages: French and English with simultaneous translation
Welcome by First President Lamanda, Cour de cassation
and by Procureur Général Nadal, Cour de cassation
Chair – Lord Phillips, President of the Network
9:40 - 10:40 a.m. Topic 1: Judicial Administration (selection of the appeals to the Supreme court)
9:40 a.m. Chief Justice Roberts, Supreme Court of the United States
9:50 a.m. Lord Phillips, Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales
10:00 a.m. President Hon Prof. Dr. Griss, Supreme Court of Austria
10:10 a.m. First President Prof. Dr. hab Gardocki, Supreme Court of Poland
10:20 a.m. Discussion
10:40 - 11:20 a.m. Topic 2: Education for Judges
10:40 a.m. Justice Ginsburg, Supreme Court of the United States
10:50 a.m. President Davids, Supreme Court of the Netherlands
11:00 a.m. Discussion
11:20 - 12:00 a.m. Topic 3: Subsidiarity and federalism
11:20 a.m. Justice Breyer, Supreme Court of the United States
11:30 a.m. President Prof. Dr. Hirsch, Supreme Court of Germany
11:40 a.m. Discussion
12:00 - 12:30 p.m. Press conference
(Chambre du conseil de la première chambre)
12:30 - 2:00 p.m. Lunch
(Atrium de la Grand’Chambre)
2:00 p.m. End of the meeting