Lectures at VU Law Faculty by CJEU judge Dr. Irmantas Jarukaitis

This week Dr. Irmantas Jarukaitis, Judge of the Court of Justice of the European Union, visited the VU Law Faculty and held two lectures.

I. Jarukatis presented a paper on “The Relationship between Internal Market Freedoms and Fundamental Rights in the Case Law of the Court of Justice of the European Union” on 29 May at the event “Legal Research Lunch” which was organised by Iustitia Corporation. During the event, the guest discussed the CJEU’s actions to ensure the protection of fundamental rights and identified the algorithms used to decide cases involving internal market freedoms and fundamental rights.

The second lecture of I. Jarukaitis on “The Rule of Law as a Fundamental Value of the European Union in the Case Law of the Court of Justice of the European Union” took place on May 30 at the VU Law Faculty. The CJEU Judge told the large gathering of students about cases where national law was in conflict with EU law and discussed the principle of judicial independence.