WINTER SEMINAR 2015

State and Civil Society in Central and Eastern Europe

 Interdisciplinary elective course

 Department:

Constitutional Law and Political Sciences,

Faculty of Law and Political Sciences, Széchenyi István University

Coordinator and Supervisor:

Dr. habil. Smuk Péter, Head of Department, Vice Dean for Education

Venue: 12 Áldozat str. Győr, Hungary (Building of the Faculty of Law)

Date: 23-27 February 2015

Eligibility:

• graduate and postgraduate students from different fields (law, political science, economics, social studies, European studies, etc.)
• Limits: max. 40 students per semester.
• 20 places are provided for incoming students from abroad.

List of invited lecturers and draft topics:

 Láncos, Petra (HU, Pázmány P. Catholic Univ.)

"European Values and Media Pluralism"

Budnik, Anna (PL, University of Bialystok) – Karácsony, Gergely (HU, SIU, Győr)

"The State and Higher Education” – Europe, Poland, Hungary

Stumpf, István (judge, Constitutional Court, HU)

“Constitution and Contitutionalism”

Lukács, Eszter (HU, SIU, Győr)

“NGOs and the UN System”

Horváthy, Balázs (HU, SIU, Győr)

„Transparency vs. secrecy – Public Participation in the Transatlantic Trade Negotiations”

Kecskés, Gábor (HU, SIU, Győr) – Horváth, Gergely (HU, SIU, Győr)

"Environmental Liability, Green Democracy”

 (more to come)

Tasks, assessment:

• interactive participation at the discussion panels, presenting case studies (preliminary recommendations will be published at least one week before the seminar),
• essay or presentation on a chosen topic.

Following the course the Department will publish the quality essays in Studia Juridica et Politica.

Draft Schedule for the Programme

(Length of lectures and discussion panels: cca. 90 minutes each.)

Recommended readings

Legal and scientific sources and documents, data-sheets, etc. will be recommended and handed out before and during the seminar.

Győr, 2 December 2014

Dr. habil. Peter Smuk

Head of Department of Constitutional Law

and Political Sciences