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RCC is pleased to announce this talk by María Díaz Crego, Visiting Fellow at the Human Rights Program, Harvard Law School.
The use of foreign precedents by Courts still remains a matter of great theoretical and practical importance. The doctrinal positions on the so- called “transjudicial communication” are divergent. Some authors criticise the phenomenon for introducing random and unjustifiable criteria of interpretation into a particular legal system while some others see it as an opportunity to enrich and legitimize the decision- making process at a jurisdictional level. We will explore those theoretical approaches in the specific context of the constant communication between the European Court of Human Rights and the Inter- American Court of Human Rights.
Sponsors: Human Rights Program, Harvard Law School and Real Colegio Complutense
Contact: Kim Conant