International Conference dedicated to 15th anniversary of operation of the Senate and Chambers of the Supreme Court
Time and venue of the Conference
Great Hall of the University of Latvia, October 15, 2010
Organizers of the Conference
The Supreme Court of the Republic of Latvia in cooperation with The Faculty of Law of the University of Latvia
Information support – magazine “Jurista Vārds”
Programme of the Conference
OPENING SPEECHES
- Ivars BIČKOVIČS, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Republic of Latvia
- Kristīne STRADA-ROZENBERGA, Dr.iur., the Professor of the Faculty of Law of the Republic of Latvia, the Dean
GREETINGS
- Valdis ZATLERS, the President of the State
- Valdis DOMBROVSKIS, The Prime Minister of the Republic of Latvia
- Gunārs KŪTRIS, the Chair of the Constitutional Court
- Ilze PILSĒTNIECE, the Chair of Latvian Council of Sworn Notarie
- Jānis Grīnbergs, the Chair of the Board of Sworn Advocates
FIRST PART
Moderated by Ivars BIČKOVIČS, the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Latvia
Role of national Supreme Courts in the European law system
- Irmgard GRISS, Hon Prof. Dr.iur., the President of the Supreme Court of Austria, The President of the Network of the Supreme Judicial Courts of the European Union
Judicial power – a building stone of independent statehood
- Märt RASK, the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Estonia
- Gintaras KRYŽEVIČIUS, the President of the Supreme Court of Lithuania
SECOND PART
Moderated by Veronika Krīmiņa, the Chair of the Department of Administrative Cases of the Supreme Court
Challenges of the Senate of Latvia to nowadays
- Jānis PLEPS, M.iur, PhD student of the Faculty of Law of the University of Latvia
Judicature as source of law: understanding and application
- Daiga REZEVSKA, Dr.iur., Associated Professor of the Faculty of Law of the University of Latvia
Topical questions about summarisation of judicature of Latvian courts
- Māris VAINOVSKIS, M.iur., PhD student of the Faculty of Law of the University of Latvia, the author of research of creation of Module of Judicature of Latvian Court Information System:
Judicature – basics, problems, application
- Egils LEVITS, Dr.iur.h.c., judge of the Court of the European Union
THIRD PART
Moderated by Zigmants Gencs, the Chair of the Department of Civil Cases of the Supreme Court
Compensation of invasion as principle of human rights and its implementation in Latvia
- Ineta ZIEMELE, Ph.D., the judge of the European Court on Human Rights
Review on judicature of General Court of the European Union in cases of government support and competition
- Ingrīda LABUCKA, the judge of the Court of the First Instance of the European Union:
Solutions of collisions of stability of protection of property and property circulation
- Kalvis TORGĀNS, Dr.hab.iur., the senator of the Supreme Court of the Republic of Latvia, the Professor of the Faculty of Law of the Republic of Latvia
FOURTH PART
Moderated by Pāvels GRUZIŅS, the Chair of the Department of Criminal Cases of the Supreme Court
Creation of judicature of the Senate of the Supreme Court in disputes on rights in things
- Jānis ROZENFELDS, Dr.iur., sw. advocate, the Professor of the Faculty of Law of the Republic of Latvia, the Head of the Department of Civil Law Sciences
Possibilities of provision of uniform understanding of Criminal Law standards and role of courts in it
- Valentīna LIHOLAJA, Dr.iur., the Professor of the Faculty of Law of the Republic of Latvia, the Head of the Department of Criminal Law Sciences
Influence of judicature to development of administrative rights in Latvia
- Jautrīte BRIEDE, Dr.iur., the senator of the Supreme Court of the Republic of Latvia, Associated Professor of the Faculty of Law of the University of Latvia
Conclusions of Latvian scientists of Law in decisions of the Supreme Court
- Kristīne STRADA-ROZENBERGA, Dr.iur., the Professor of the Faculty of Law of the Republic of Latvia, the Dean
The Chief Justice of Austria’s Supreme Court Irmgard Griss and the judge of the European Court of Human Rights Ineta Ziemele
Part of conference reporters and hosts: (from the left) Janis Pleps, Jautrite Briede, Veronika Krumina, Pavels Gruzins, Egils Levits, Kalvis Torgans, Maris Vainovskis, Ineta Ziemele, Ingrida Labucka, Zigmants Gencs, Daiga Rezevska. Photo by B. Kolesnikovs
Chiefs Justice of Supreme Courts of European Union memberstates meet in the conference in Riga. From the left – the Chief Justice of Austria’s Supreme Court Irmgard Griss, the Chief Justice of Latvia’s Supreme Court Ivars Bickovics, the Chief Justice of Estonia's Supreme Court Märt Rask, and the Chief Justice of Lithuania's Supreme Court Gintaras Kryževičius