Book discussion: A Citizen’s Guide to the Rule of Law
In the presentation of “A Citizen’s Guide to the Rule of Law – Why We Need to Fight for the Most Precious Human Inventions of All Time”, the authors, Kalypso Nicolaidis and Adis Merdzanovic, will investigate the importance of the rule of law.
In our daily lives, the rule of law matters more than anything and yet remains an invisible presence. We trust in the rule of law to protect us from governmental overreach, mafia godfathers, or the will of the majority. We take the rule of law for granted, often failing to recognise its demise—until it is too late. For under attack it is, not only in the growing number of authoritarian countries around the world but in Europe, too.
As a citizen’s guide, the book explains in plain language what the rule of law is, why it matters, and why we have to defend it. The starting point is to ask why EU efforts to promote the rule of law in candidate countries have succeeded or failed, and what this tells us about what is happening inside the EU. The book moves on to suggest ways of strengthening the rule of law in Europe and beyond, calling to action in defence of the most precious human invention of all time.
Date:
17 June 2021, 17:00 (Thursday, 8th week, Trinity 2021)
Venue:
St Antony's College, 62 Woodstock Road OX2 6JF
Venue Details:
Zoom webinar
Speakers:
Adis Merdzanovic (School of Management and Law, Zurich University of Applied Sciences),
Kalypso Nicolaidis (School of Transnational Governance, European University Institute),
Alexander Stubb (School of Transnational Governance, European University Institute),
Othon Anastasakis (SEESOX, St Antony's College, Oxford),
Sarah Nouwen (School of Transnational Governance, European University Institute),
Marta Pardavi (School of Transnational Governance, European University Institute)
Organising department:
European Studies Centre
Organiser:
Julie Adams (St Antony's College, University of Oxford)
Organiser contact email address:
julie.adams@sant.ox.ac.uk
Host:
Othon Anastasakis (SEESOX, St Antony's College, Oxford)
Part of:
South East European Studies at Oxford (SEESOX)
Booking required?:
Required
Booking url:
https://apps.eui.eu/EventRegistration/Home/Login?eventId=539433
Audience:
Public
Editor:
Julie Adams
