International Project of judicial independence | Mt Scopus Standards Conferences Series

Jointly sponsored by the Hebrew University  of Jerusalem Faculty of law and the University of Cambridge Centre of Public Law

Officers and Conferences of  the International project on  judicial independence  

Table of Contents

General Coordinator, International Project on Judicial Independence

Professor Shimon Shetreet,  Greenblatt Professor of Public and International Law , Hebrew University of Jerusalem, former Director, Sacher Institute of Comparative Law

I. Co Chairs of the international conference on Judicial Independence in International Law Jerusalem 26-27 June 2007

Professor Shimon Shetreet , Director, Sacher Institute of Comparative Law , and Greenblatt Professor of Public and International Law , Hebrew University of Jerusalem,

Professor James R. Crawford,   Faculty of Law, University of Cambridge

II Officers of the international conference on Judicial Independence for the Drafting of the International Standards of Judicial Independence  Zurich Area Conference  30 November -1st of December 2007

Professor Shimon Shetreet , Co Chair of the Conference .Director, Sacher Institute of Comparative Law , and Greenblatt Professor of Public and International Law , Hebrew University of Jerusalem,

Professor Christopher F Forsyth, Co Chair of the Conference Director Centre of Public Law, Faculty of Law, University of Cambridge

Professor Marcel Storm, Emeritus Professor, Ghent University, Past President of the World Association of Procedural Law , Leader of the Discussions

HE Markus Buechel ,Chair of the Local Organising Committee

III  Co Chairs of the international conference on Judicial Independence and the Constitutional Position of the Judiciary  Jerusalem March 18-20  2008

Professor Shimon Shetreet , Co Chair of the Conference .Director, Sacher Institute of Comparative Law , and Greenblatt Professor of Public and International Law , Hebrew University of Jerusalem,

Professor Christopher F Forsyth, Co Chair of the Conference Director Centre of Public Law, Faculty of Law

University of Cambridge

IV. Co Chairs of the international conference on Judicial Independence :the Challenge of implementing the international Standards   Krakow November   2008

Professor Shimon Shetreet , Co Chair of the Conference .Director, Sacher Institute of Comparative Law , and Greenblatt Professor of Public and International Law , Hebrew University of Jerusalem,

Prof. Dr. Fryderyk Zoll, Faculty of Law ,Jagelonian University ,Krakow

V. Co Chairs of the international conference on the The Culture of Judicial  independence   Conceptual Foundations and Practical Challenges University of Cambridge  14-16  August    2009

Professor Shimon Shetreet , Co Chair of the Conference . Greenblatt Professor of Public and International Law , Hebrew University of Jerusalem, past Director, Sacher Institute of Comparative Law ,

Professor Christopher F Forsyth, Co Chair of the Conference Director Centre of Public Law, Faculty of Law ,University of Cambridge

VI. Co Chairs of the international conference on Judicial independence; Challenges For Judicial Independence

Implementing judicial independence in multi cultural societies and in times of crisis, University of Utah   1-3  October 2010

Professor Shimon Shetreet , Co Chair of the Conference . Greenblatt Professor of Public and International Law , Hebrew University of Jerusalem, past Director, Sacher Institute of Comparative Law ,

Dean Hiram Chodosh , Co Chair of the Conference Dean  School  of Law ,University  of Utah

Prof. Wayne McCormack , Co Chair of the Conference Dean  School  of Law ,University  of Utah

VII. Co Chairs of the international conference on Judicial independence

University of Vienna   20-22 May 2011

Professor Shimon Shetreet , Co Chair of the Conference . Greenblatt Professor of Public and International Law , Hebrew University of Jerusalem, past Director, Sacher Institute of Comparative Law ,

Prof Walter Rechberger  , Co Chair of the Conference ,Faculty   of Law ,University  of Vienna  

VIII Co Chairs of the International Conference on Judicial Independence and Globalisation

City University of Hong Kong 21-23 March 2012

Professor Shimon Shetreet , Co Chair of the Conference . Greenblatt Professor of Public and International Law , Hebrew University of Jerusalem, past Director, Sacher Institute of Comparative Law

Professor Anton Cooray ,Associate Dean , City University of Hong Kong

IX. Co Chairs of the International Conference on Judicial Independence: Impartiality and fairness of the judicial process

University of Ghent 18-20 October 2012

Professor Shimon Shetreet , Co Chair of the Conference . Greenblatt Professor of Public and International Law , Hebrew University of Jerusalem, past Director, Sacher Institute of Comparative Law

Professor Marcel Storme, University of Ghent, Belgium, Honorary  President, international association of procedural law

X. Co Chairs of the International Conference on Judicial Independence: Rule of Law and World Peace

University of San Diego August 2013

Professor Shimon Shetreet , Co Chair of the Conference . Greenblatt Professor of Public and International Law , Hebrew University of Jerusalem, past Director, Sacher Institute of Comparative Law

Professor Maimon Schwartzchild ,  Co Chair of the Conference ,University of San Diego

XI. International Conference on Judicial Independence: Moscow State University of Law; Judicial Independence as Essential Foundation of Justice and Peace, May 2014.
XII. International Conference on Judicial Independence: Osnabruck University; Ensuring Fairness in Cases Invovling Foreign Parties in Domestic Courts, October 2014.
XIII. International Conference on Judicial Independence in a Globalized Legal Culture: The Use of Foreign and Transnational Precedents by National Supreme Courts. Bologna and Milano, June 2015.
XIV. International Conference on Judicial Independence in Times of Transition of Government and Impartiality for Foriegn Parties in Domestic Courts. Krakow, Poland, at the School of the Judiciary, January 2016.
VII. Members of the Consultation Group of the International Project of Judicial Independence
  • Dr. Cyrus Das, Former President of the Bar of Malaysia
  • Dr. Anat Scolnicov, Deputy Director, Centre of Public Law, University of Cambridge
  • Prof. Dr. Fryderyk Zoll, Faculty of Law, Jagelonian University, Krakow
  • Prof. Yuval Shany, Faculty of Law, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
  • H.E. Advocate Markus Buechel, Senior Lawyer, Liechtenstein
  • Justice Tassaduq Hussain Jillani, Judge of the Supreme Court of Pakistan
  • Prof. Yitzhak Hadari, Tel Aviv University, Natanya College Law
  • Professor Maimon Schwarzschild, Faculty of Law, University of San Diego
  • Professor Ada Pellegrini Grinover, Brazil
  • Professor Albert Chen, Faculty of Law, Hong Kong University
  • Professor Andrzej J. Zoll, Former President of Constitutional Court of Poland
  • Professor Anton Cooray, School of Law, City University of Hong Kong
  • Professor Bernhard Ehrenzeller, Universität St. Gallen
  • Professor Bryant G. Garth, American Bar Foundation
  • Professor Chandra R. De Silva, Dean, College of Arts and Letters, Old Dominion University
  • Professor Christopher F. Forsyth, Director, Centre of Public Law, University of Cambridge
  • Professor Daniel Thurer, Universität Zürich
  • Professor David Feldman, Faculty of Law, University of Cambridge
  • Professor Dmitry Magonya, Senior Advocate, ART DE LEX Law Firm, Moscow
  • Professor Dmitry Maleshin, Moscow State Lomonosov University Law Faculty
  • Professor Asher Maoz, Faculty of Law, Tel Aviv University
  • Professor Dr. Burkhardt Hess, University of Heidelberg
  • Prof. Yoav Dotan, Dean, Faculty of Law, Hebrew University
  • Dr. Tomer Braude, Faculty of Law, Hebrew University
  • Professor Dr. Francisco Ramos Mendez, University of Barcelona
  • Professor Dr. Paul Oberhammer, Universität Zürich
  • Professor Dr. Winfried Brugger, Universität Heidelberg
  • Professor Frank Bates, School of Law, University of Newcastle, Australia
  • Paul Morris, Barrister, York, UK
  • Prof. Sir Louis Blom-Cooper, UK
  • Professor Judith Resnik, Yale Law School
  • Professor Federico Carpi, President, World Association of Procedural Law
  • Professor Garry D. Watson, Osgoode Hall Law School, York University
  • Professor Gary J. Simson, Dean, Case Western Reserve University
  • Prof. Joseph Weiler, New York University
  • Professor Walter Habscheid, Professor Emeritus, University of Zurich
  • Professor Hans Walter Fasching, Austria
  • Professor Hiram Chodosh, Dean, S.J. College of Law, University of Utah
  • Professor Hoong Phun (‘HP’) Lee, Deputy Dean, Faculty of Law, Monash University
  • Professor James Nemeth, Eötvös Loránd University, Hungary
  • Professor James R. Crawford, Faculty of Law, University of Cambridge
  • Professor John Anthony Jolowicz, Trinity College, University of Cambridge
  • Professor John Bell, Faculty of Law, University of Cambridge
  • Professor Jonathan Entin, Case Western Reserve University School of Law
  • Professor Keith Uff, Executive Secretary General, International Association of Procedural Law; Faculty of Law, University of Birmingham
  • Professor KK Venugopal, Senior Advocate of the Supreme Court of India
  • Professor Konstantinos D. Kerameus, University of Athens, Greece
  • Professor Marcel Storme, Ghent University, Past President, World Association of Procedural Law
  • Professor Martin Friedland, Faculty of Law, University of Toronto
  • Professor Masahisa Deguchi, Faculty of Law, Ritsumeikan University
  • Professor Michel Rosenfeld, Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, Yeshiva University
  • Professor Moshe Hirsh, Faculty of Law, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
  • Professor Neil H. Andrews, University of Cambridge, Clare College
  • Professor Neil James Williams, University of Melbourne
  • Professor Nikolas Klamaris, University of Athens
  • Professor Oscar G. Chase, New York University School of Law
  • Professor Pelayia Yessiou-Faltsi, Faculty of Law, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
  • Professor Per Henrick Lindblom, Faculty of Law, Uppsala University Juridicum
  • Professor Peter Gilles, Institut für Rechtsvergleichung, Johann Wolfgang Goethe Universität
  • Professor Peter Gottwald, Universität Regensburg, Secretary General, World Association of Procedural Law
  • Professor John Anthony Jolowicz, University of Cambridge
  • Professor Roger Perrot, Université de Paris
  • Professor Ruth Lapidot, Faculty of Law, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
  • Professor Sean McConville, School of Law, Queen Mary College, University of London
  • Professor Sergey Nikitin, Russian Academy of Justice
  • Professor Shimon Shetreet, Director, Sacher Institute of Comparative Law, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
  • Professor Stephen Goldstein, Emeritus Professor, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
  • Professor Stephen Marks, François-Xavier Bagnoud Professor of Health and Human Rights, Harvard School of Public Health
  • Professor Vernon Bogdanor, Oxford University
  • Professor Walter H. Rechberger, University of Vienna
  • Professor Walther J. Habscheid, Emeritus Professor, University of Geneva and University of Zurich
  • Professor Yasuhei Taniguchi, Tokyo, Japan
  • Professor Yoav Dotan, Dean, Faculty of Law, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
  • Professor Zhivko Stalev, Bulgaria