Time and venue of the Conference
September 9, 2022, AC HOTEL RIGA Conference hall, Rīga, Dzirnavu iela 33
Objective
The conference is dedicated to the centenary of the fundamental law of the Latvian state – the Constitution of the Republic of Latvia, emphasizing the role of the Supreme Court in strengthening the values of the Constitution. The conference is organized by the Supreme Court of Latvia within the project the Senate about the Constitution
Participants
- Senators and legal research counsels of the Supreme Court of Latvia
- Judges of the Supreme Courts of Lithuania, Estonia, Austria and the Supreme Administrative Court of the Czech Republic
- Members of the Judicial Council
- Chairs of regional courts and district (city) courts
- Deans of Faculties of Law
Programme
Welcome addresses
- Chief Justice Aigars STRUPIŠS
- State President Egils LEVITS
- Deputy Speaker of the Saeima Inese LĪBIŅA-EGNERE
- Prime Minister Krišjānis KARIŅŠ
- President of the Constitutional Court Aldis LAVIŅŠ
- Former Justice of the US Supreme Court Stephen G. BREYER
Part I. Challenges of applying the provisions of the Constitution in these days
Moderated by Aigars STRUPIŠS, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court
The purpose of separation of powers and the role of the court in achieving it
- Sanita OSIPOVA, Professor at the University of Latvia, Faculty of Law
Challenges of the application of the Austrian Constitution within the framework of the European Union
- Gerhard Kuras, Judge of the Supreme Court of Austria, President of the Supreme Court’s Civil Law Panel
The Direct Application of the Constitution and its Discontents
- Zdeněk Kühn, Judge of the Supreme Administrative Court of the Czech Republic
Part II. The Constitution as a source in the rulings of the Supreme Court
Moderated by Jānis PLEPS, Associate Professor at the University of Latvia, Head of the Department of Theory and History of Law
Limits of constitutionality review in Senate rulings
- Aigars STRUPIŠS, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court
Supreme Court of Estonia between constitution and cassation – a hybrid experience
- Julia Laffranque, Judge of the Administrative Law Chamber of the Supreme Court of Estonia, former judge at the European Court of Human Rights
Constitution as a source in the rulings of the Supreme Court of Lithuania
- Sigita Rudėnaitė, Judge of the Supreme Court of Lithuania, Chairperson of the Civil Cases Division, the Acting President of the Supreme Court of Lithuania
CONCLUSION
The constitution needs a judge (in Latvian)
- Jānis PLEPS
More about the conference
- The international conference will highlight the role of the Supreme Courts in strengthening the values of the Constitution
- A judge gives life to the Constitution and applies it to date
More about the project Senate about the Constitution
- See here
Moderators and speakers of the Constitution Centenary Conference organized by the Supreme Court: Sigita Rudėnaitė, Zdeněk Kühn, Sanita Osipova, Gerhard Kuras, Julia Laffranque, Inese Lībiņa-Egnere, Jānis Pleps
Conference guests from Supreme Courts of Austria, Estonia, Lithuania and Czechia with the Chief Justice and Chairs of the Departments of the Supreme Court of Latvia