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ARTHUR DYEVRE
Garcia-Pelayo Fellow [email protected] Centro de Estudios Politicos y Constitucionales (CEPC) tel (++34) 617 042 191 Plaza de la Marina Española 9 fax (++34) 91 541 95 74 28071 Madrid SPAIN
FACULTY POSITIONS
Since 2008: Garcia-Pelayo Fellow, Centro de Estudios Politicos y Constitucionales (CEPC), Madrid (Spain)
2007-2008: Max Weber Fellow, European University Institute, Florence (Italy) Instructor, James Madison University, Florence Campus (Italy).
2005-2007: Teaching Assistant, Law Faculty, University of Paris X, Nanterre (France).
2004-2005: Teaching Assistant, Law Faculty, University of Versailles/St Quentin (France).
May-July 2001: Guest lecturer, Law School, Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz (Germany).
Visiting positions
Summer 2006: Guest Researcher, Max Planck Institute for International and Comparative Law, Heidelberg (Germany).
Summer 2004: Guest Researcher, Max Planck Institute for International and Comparative Law, Heidelberg (Germany).
October 2003–March 2004: (informal) visiting researcher University of Texas at Austin School of Law, Austin TX (USA).
Summer 2003: Guest Researcher, Institut für allgemeine Staatslehre und Politikwissenschaften, University of Göttingen (Germany).
HIGHER EDUCATION
2008: Ph. D., Public Law, University of Paris I Pantheon Sorbonne.
2002: Master in Comparative Law (with honours, first of the class), University of Paris I Pantheon Sorbonne (first semester as affiliate graduate at St John’s College, University of Oxford)
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2001: LL.M. Magister Legum (Magna Cum Laude), Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz (Germany) / Master in European Law (with honours), Montesquieu University, Bordeaux (France)
2000: Licence-Maîtrise (BA), University of Nantes (France)/Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz (Germany).
LANGUAGES
French: mother tongue. Portuguese: fair reading ability.
English: proficient. Italian: fair reading and speaking ability.
German: proficient (DSH). Spanish: fluent.
FIELDS OF RESEARCH AND WRITING
Comparative Judicial Politics, Comparative Constitutional Law, European Integration, Competition Law, Legal Theory, Hermeneutics and Theories of Interpretation, Methodology of Social Sciences, Political Theory.
DISSERTATION TITLE
Judicial Activism in Comparative Perspective: The French Constitutional Council, the U.S. Supreme Court, and the German Federal Constitutional Court – Judicial Interpretation of the Fourteenth Amendment’s Due Process Clause, the Right to the Free Development of Personality and the Fundamental Principles Recognised by the Laws of the Republic
(L’activisme juridictionnel en droit constitutionnel comparé : France, Etats-Unis, Allemagne – La concrétisation juridictionnelle de la Due Process Clause du XIVe amendement, du droit au libre épanouissement de la personnalité et des principes fondamentaux reconnus par les lois de la République)
PUBLICATIONS
Book
Dyevre, Arthur (2009), L’activisme juridictionnel en droit comparé, forthcoming.
Articles
Dyevre, Arthur (2008), “Making Sense of Judicial Lawmaking: A Theory of Theories of Adjudication,” MWP Working Paper, EUI.
Dyevre, Arthur (2007), « La prise en compte de critères extra-concurrentiels dans le droit communautaire de la concurrence » (‘The Room for Considerations Other than Competition Current as of February 2009 CV for Arthur Dyevre, Page 3 of 7
Policy Goals in European Competition Law’), Revue Internationale de Droit Economique XXI, pp. 415-440.
Dyevre, Arthur (2006), « L’étude de l’activité normative du Conseil constitutionnel et de la Cour constitutionnelle fédérale (Bundesverfassungsgericht) », Annuaire International de Justice Constitutionnelle XXI (AIJC), pp. 39-55. (Paper translated into Portuguese under the title “O lugar das Cortes Constitucionais na produção das normas: estudo da atividade normativa do Conselho Constitucional e do Tribunal Constitucional Federal”, Rivista Opiniaõ Juridica 7 (2006), pp. 245-268.)
Dyevre, Arthur (January 2006), « Quelques réflexions sur l’interprétation de la loi par la Cour de cassation et le Conseil d’État », (semantic analysis of statutory interpretation in France) Revue de la recherche juridique – Droit prospectif 114 (2006) (RRJ 2006-3), pp. 1247-1274.
Dyevre, Arthur (April 2005), “The Constitutionalisation of the European Union: Discourse, Present, Future and Facts”, European Law Review 30, pp.163-187.
Dyevre, Arthur (April 2005), « De quelques fausses croyances sur le traité constitutionnel », (remarks on the public debate preceding the French referendum on the EU Constitutional Treaty) online publication: http://www.opuscitatum.com.
Book chapter
Dyevre Arthur (September 2003), « La protection des personnes soumises à la détention ou à l’emprisonnement », (the rights of prisoners and detainees under international law) in Nicole Dhéry (ed.), Protéger les droits humains, Paris : Litec/Amnesty International, pp.317-325.
Book review
Dyevre Arthur (December 2006), Review of Paul Magnette (ed.) “La Grande Europe”, European Law Review 31, pp. 933-936.
Selected papers and conference presentations
Dyevre, Arthur (November 2008), “Social Justice and the Judiciary: Do Judges Differ Across Countries and Legal Cultures?” conference paper presented at the conference “Social Justice in Private Law”, European University Institute, November 6-8, San Domenico di Fiesole, Italy.
Dyevre, Arthur (March 2008), “Social-Political Approaches to Judicial Decision-Making”, Max Weber Seminar Series, European University Institute, San Domenico di Fiesole, Italy.
Dyevre, Arthur (February 2008), “Legislative-Judicial Relations: A Game-Theoretic Approach,” Seminar Game Theory and the Law (Profs. Giovanni Sartor and Christina Chwaska), European University Institute, San Domenico di Fiesole, Italy.
Dyevre, Arthur (November 2007), “The Impact of the Reform Treaty on EU Institutions and Decision Making: Judicial Politics and the European Court of Justice”, conference paper presented at the Round Table “The Reform Treaty: A New Constitution for Europe” James Madison University/University of Bologna, November 30, 2007, Florence, Italy. Current as of February 2009 CV for Arthur Dyevre, Page 4 of 7
Dyevre, Arthur (October 2007), “Interdisciplinary Research on Courts and Judges: A (Meta-) Theory of Theories of Adjudication”, Presentation delivered at the European University Institute, October 23, 2007, San Domenico di Fiesole, Italy.
Dyevre, Arthur (June 2006), « Une théorie des théories de l’activité normative des juridictions constitutionnelles ». Paper presented at the annual meeting of the French Society for Legal Philosophy “New Avenues in the Philosophy of Law”, June 16, 2006, Paris, France.
Dyevre, Arthur (June 2006), « Retour sur un concept et un phénomène : la constitutionnalisation du droit ». Paper presented at the conference “Nature and Peculiarities of French Constitutional Law”, June 11, 2006, Paris, France.
Dyevre, Arthur (March 2006), « L’étude de l’activité normative du Conseil constitutionnel et de la Cour constitutionnelle fédérale (Bundesverfassungsgericht) ». Paper presented at the Joint Colloquium “European Comparative Law”, University of Paris I Panthéon Sorbonne/DVH Speyer, March 2-3, 2006, Paris.
Dyevre, Arthur (May 2006), « L’activisme juridictionnel en droit constitutionnel comparé », Conference New Researches in Comparative Law, May 28, 2005, Paris.
Papers in progress
Dyevre Arthur, “Generosity Comes at a Price: Broad Rights, Proportionality, and the Individual Litigant”, paper to be presented at Conference “The European Court of Human Rights After 50 Years”, Copenhagen (Denmark), March 21-22, 2009.
Dyevre, Arthur, “Unifying Comparative Judicial Politics: Towards a General Theory of Judicial Decision-Making”, forthcoming, March 2009.
Dyevre, Arthur, “National Courts, Sovereignty, and European Integration: A Strategic Analysis of Judicial Behaviour,” paper for the Harvard/Stanford International Junior Faculty Forum, forthcoming, May 2009.
Dyevre, Arthur (in progress), “Judicial Behaviour and the Attitudinal Model in Europe and America”.
TEACHING INTERESTS
Undergraduate Graduate (Law or Political Science) Comparative Politics Jurisprudence/Legal Theory Government Judicial Politics Comparative Constitutional Law Comparative Constitutional Law European Integration EU Politics Methodology of Comparative Law Methodology of Social Sciences
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TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Instructor Political Science (POSC 641): Economic Spring 2008 – James Madison University Policy in the EU – Trade, Industry, and (Campus in Florence) Competition This is an advanced graduate course examining the legal, political, and economic dimensions of EU policymaking in two key areas: trade (internal and external), and competition. Using an approach that is both multi-disciplinary and comparative, the course considers the historical evolution of the policies, the policy process at EU level, as well as their implementation in the Member States.
Lecture
June 2008 – Master of European Law and Political Science: Le pouvoir des Governance and Administration (MEGA), juges – Analyse juridique et sociopolitique ENA/Universität Potsdam/Université Paris I/Humboldt Universität Introducing the latest developments in the field, this two-hour lecture on Comparative and European Judicial Politics was designed for an audience of advanced graduate students of governance and administration.
June 2008 – Dublin Summer School (UCD) Law and Political Science: EU judicial at the EUI (San Domenico di Fiesole, politics Italy) This lecture offered an overview of the literature on and around EU judicial politics and discussed the main issues raised by the European Court of Justice and the key part it has played in European integration.
Teaching Assistant
Spring 2006 and 2007 Law: French Constitutional Law Course Professor: Guy Carcassonne. This lower-level undergraduate course introduces first- year law students to the theory and practice of French Constitutional Law. In my tutorial classes, I used comparative approaches and examples from other legal systems as a heuristic device.
Fall 2006 Law and Political Science: European Law and European Integration Course Professors: Patrick Daillier/Philippe Guttinger. This is an upper-level undergraduate course introducing third-year students of law and political science to the main institutional, political and legal aspects of European integration. In my tutorials, I put a particular emphasis on the main theoretical approaches to European integration and the works of Scharpf, Haas, Moracsvick, Stone Sweet, and Weiler.
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Course Professor: Guy Carcassonne. Designed for first-year undergraduate students of law and political science, this course focuses on the evolution of the French political system, introducing the basic tools and classifications of political science (federal and unitary states, party-systems, electoral systems, presidentialism, parliamentarism…).
Spring 2005 Law: Public Law and Constitutional Theory Course Professor: Christophe Grzegorczyk. This course introduces the main theories and concepts of Public and Constitutional Law – such as state, sovereignty, constitutionalism, democracy, the rule of law, separation of power, fundamental rights, or judicial review.
Fall 2004 Law: Legal Theory Course Professor: Christophe Grzegorczyk. This is a (challenging) introductory course to jurisprudence, discussing the works of Kelsen, Hart, Dworkin, and others. My teaching focused on interpretation and legal positivism.
Guest lecturer
May-July 2001 Law: Introduction to French Law and Legal Culture This is an 8-week course designed for foreign law students planning to study law in France. I taught a German audience the basics of French private and public law, and French legal methodology.
OTHER PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCES
Academic Journal Referee Activity
2007-2008 European Journal of Legal Studies
Consultant
March 2003 – December 2004 Amnesty International, French Section, Legal Committee, Paris, FRANCE While providing expertise on current French and international legal and human rights issues (e.g. the notion of ‘genocide’ under international public law during the crisis in the Darfur region), I also actively participated in the genesis of a book on human rights that the committee members published under the title Protéger les droits humains (Protecting Human Rights).
RESEARCH SUPPORT
-allocataire de recherche (University of Paris I/Ministry of Research) -Aire culturelle (Foreign Affairs Ministry, 2006) -DAAD (Deutscher Akademischer Austausch Dienst, 2004) -CIERA (Centre interdisciplinaire d’étude et de recherche sur l’Allemagne, 2006)
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REFERENCES
Professor Otto Pfersmann (dissertation chair), University of Paris I Pantheon Sorbonne, 9 rue Malher 75020 Paris, FRANCE, tel ++33 607 308 792, email: [email protected]
Professor Wojciech Sadurski, European University Institute, Department of Law, Via Boccaccio 121, San Domenico di Fiesole (FI), ITALY, tel ++39 055 4685 245, fax ++39 055 4685 200, email: [email protected]
Professor Christophe Grzegorczyk, University of Versailles/St Quentin, Law Faculty, 3 rue de la division Leclerc 78280 Guyancourt, FRANCE, tel ++33 145 544 001 [email protected]
Professor Guy Carcassonne, University Paris X, Law Faculty, 200 avenue de la République 92000 Nanterre, France, email : [email protected]