The Federalist Society Holds Law and Sovereignty Conference in Vienna, Austria
Tuesday, March 16, 2010
This past weekend, the Federalist Society for Law and Public Policy Studies co-hosted the 2010 Law and Sovereignty Conference for law students, young lawyers, and others from ten Central and Eastern European countries. At the Conference, held March 12-14 at Castle Neuwaldegg in Vienna, Austria, instructors led the participants in discussions on issues such as the rule of law, judicial restraint, limited government, separation of powers, and national sovereignty. In most cases, the instructors used a comparative law approach between the U.S. and European experiences on these issues. Jim Kelly, Director of International Affairs for the Federalist Society delivered the following presentations, to which links are provided:
Risks of an Active Federal Judicial System
Threats Posed to National Sovereignty by the UN Human Rights Treaty System
The UN Human Security Agenda and the Future of Global Governance
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