Activity Report of the Europa- Institut, Law Department 2015 Directors Prof. Dr. Marc Bungenberg LL.M. (Lausanne) Prof. Dr. Thomas Giegerich LL.M. (Virginia) Saarbrücken IMPRINT Editor: Europa-Institut of Saarland University Law Department Responsible: Akad. Direktorin Julia Legleitner LL.M. Akad. Oberrätin Claudia Schäffner LL.M. Marc Bienert LL.M. Edited by: Dr. Alexandra Pfleger Issue: 31 December 2015 1 Europa-Institut 1 1.1 Development and Structure of the Europa-Institut 1 1.2 New Director of the Europa-Institut Prof. Dr. Marc Bungenberg 2 1.3 CeQuInt Accreditation Procedure Completed 3 1.4 SEE | EU Cluster of Excellence in European and International Law 3 2 Research at the Europa-Institut 4 2.1 Research Areas of the Directors of the Europa-Institut 4 2.1.1 Research Focus Prof. Dr. Marc Bungenberg LL.M. (Lausanne) 4 2.1.2 Research Focus Prof. Dr. Thomas Giegerich LL.M. (Virginia) 8 2.2 Publications from Professors and Lecturers of the Europa-Institut 16 2.3 Publications 28 2.3.1 Zeitschrift für Europarechtliche Studien (ZEuS) 28 2.3.2 Schriften des Europa-Instituts der Universität des Saarlandes – Rechtswissenschaft 31 2.3.3 Europa-Institut of Saarland University – Selected legal documents 32 2.3.4 SEE | EU Cluster of Excellence in European and International Law Series of Papers 33 2.4 Master’s Theses 34 2.5. Dissertations 38 3 Teaching at the Europa-Institut 39 3.1 Lecturers 39 3.2 Courses 44 3.3 Special Courses 55 3.3.1 Moot Courts 55 3.3.2 Soft Skills 57 3.4 Excursions 59 3.5 Other Events 62 3.5.1 Colloquium for Prof. Dr. Dr. Dr. h.c. mult. Georg Ress 62 3.5.2 Handover Liber Amicorum to Prof. Dr. Torsten Stein 63 3.5.3 Guest Lectures and Other Events 64 3.5.4 Refugee Law Clinic Saarbrücken 65 4 Cooperations of the Europa-Institut 67 4.1 Cooperations within the University 67 4.1.1 Cooperation with the Europa-Institut, Economics Department 67 4.1.2 Cooperation with the Faculty of Law and Business 67 4.1.3 Cooperation with the Centre Juridique Franco-Allemand 70 4.1.4 Cooperation with the “Collegium Europaeum Universitatis Saraviensis” (CEUS) 70 4.2 External cooperations 71 4.3 Cooperation with Ministries, Administration, Private Business and European Union Funding Programs 72 4.4 Cooperation with the ASKO Europa-Stiftung 73 4.5 Cooperation with Europa-Institut Consult e.V 73 5 SEE | EU Cluster of Excellence in European and International Law 74 6 Summer Schools 77 6.1 SEE-LAW NET: Network Europa-Institut – SEELS 77 6.2 European Summer Course: Mapping EU´s Current and Future Tasks 81 6.3 Winter School in European Integration: Democracy and Human Rights in the European Union 84 6.4 Seminar “European Legal Institutions” in cooperation with the Washington and Lee University 87 6.5 EU China Summer School 89 6.6 Summer Schools in International Commercial Law and International Protection of Human Rights 89 7 Library of the Europa-Institut 95 7.1 Library Report 95 7.1.1 Library Stock 95 7.1.2 Service 96 7.1.3 Equipment 97 7.1.4 Tasks 97 7.2 European Documentation Centre (Europe Direct) 99 8 Awards and Scholarships 101 9 Study Fairs and Events 104 10 Alumni Association of the Europa-Institut 106 10.1 EVER Job and Internship Pool 107 10.2 EVER Events 107 11 Contact Information 110 1 Europa-Institut 1.1 Development and Structure of the Europa-Institut The Europa-Institut was founded at Saarland University in 1951 and is the second oldest institute of its kind in Europe. For more than sixty years, the Europa- Institut, which is located at the axis of Strasbourg-Luxembourg-Brussels, has been educating young academics from all around the world in the context of European and International Law. On 6 November 1951 the Europa-Institut was first founded as the “European Institut” of Saarland University. Its aim was to participate in the design of Europe by providing academic classes that dealt with European questions and approached topics from a European perspective. Due to the political developments in Saarland from 1955 until 1957, the Institute shifted from a cultural and literary research institution to a legal and economic one, and finally turned into an almost entirely legally focused institution in 1964. In 1972, the Europa-Institut was fully integrated into the law department of the Faculty of Law and Economics of Saarland Univer- sity. In 1980, under the directorship of Prof. Dr. Michael R. Will (1979-1989) and Prof. Dr. Dr. Dr. h.c. mult. Georg Ress (1979-1998), the postgraduate program “European Integration” was introduced which gives university graduates from around the globe a more deepened academic insight into the legal and economic basics of European integration and European history. In 1990, a separate econo- mics department was formed. With its bilingual Master’s program “European and International Law”, which awards the title “Master of Laws” (LL.M.), the Europa-Institut offers a special study program in European and International Law with its own lectures and lec- turers. Since the winter semester of 2011/2012, five different modules are offered: Module 1 – Europäische Integration/ European Integration, Module 2 – Europäi- sches Wirtschaftsrecht/ European Economic Law, Module 3 – Außenwirtschaft und Investionsrecht/ Foreign Trade and Investment, Module 4 – International Dispute Resolution, Module 5 – Europäischer und Internationaler Menschen- rechtsschutz/ European and International Protection of Human Rights. Course content is directed at the specific demands of European and international markets and taught in a combination of theoretical knowledge and practical application. The lecturers of the Europa-Institut strive to include real-life experiences in their classes. Apart from the professors from Saarbrücken, many visiting professors from around the world, as well as top officials from the European Commission, the European Council, the European Parliament, and the European Court of Jus- tice teach at the Europa-Institut. Furthermore, leaders from the judiciary, econo- my, administration and politics give lectures. In the reporting year 2015, the Europa-Institut (law department) was led by its directors Prof. Dr. Marc Bungenberg, Chair for Public Law, Public International 1 Law and European Law as well as Prof. Dr. Thomas Giegerich, Chair for Euro- pean Law, Public International Law, and Public Law. The directors receive support from the managing board of the Europa-Institut, which deals in particular with questions of organisation and administration. The responsibilities of the managing board range from the administration of the curriculum, the organisation of the study program, and the maintenance of connections and cooperations (i.e. publici- ty work) to the editorship of the Institute’s own journal (ZEuS). The library of the Europa-Institut, which currently consists of 57,000 volumes, 180 periodicals and 40 continuance works, provides for an excellent research en- vironment. It is geared entirely toward European and International law and since 1972 constitutes one of 40 European documentation centres (EDC) in Germany, which are integrated into a network of EDCs across Europe. The Europa-Institut is not only well connected within the university, but also has built a large network through external cooperation. Furthermore, the Europa- Institut has committed itself to advanced trainings by providing Summer and Win- ter Schools for students and practitioners in the field of European and Internatio- nal Law, mainly in corporation with the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD). Additionally, courses are offered to Saarland ministries. The Europa- Institut also profits from its close contacts to its alumni via the Alumni Associati- on of the Europa-Institut’s (EVER e.V.) law department, which helps in the deve- lopment of the curriculum and to adjust the study program to the requirements of the professional practice. 1.2 New Director of the Europa-Institut Prof. Dr. Marc Bungen- berg Prof. Dr. Marc Bungenberg LL.M. (Lausanne) started his professorship for Public Law, Public International Law and European Law at the Law and Economics Faculty at Saarland University 1 April 2015. He is the successor of Prof. Dr. Wer- ner Meng and is now Co-Director of the Europa-Institut. Professor Bungenberg studied law at the universities of Hannover and Lausanne, where he took his second state examination and graduated in the field of Euro- pean Law at the University of Hannover in 1999. Subsequently he was promoted to professor in the subject of business law at the Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena, where he was awarded with a venia legendi for the subjects of Public Law, Euro- pean Law, Public International Law and International Economic Law in 2006. Afterwards, he worked at the Ludwig-Maximilians-University in Munich, TU Dresden, Friedrich-Alexander University in Erlangen and at the University of Siegen, where he was Professor for Public Law, European Law, Public Internatio- nal Law and International Economic Law from October 2010 until March 2015. 2 Professor Bungenberg is a visiting professor for German Public Law, European and International Economic Law at the University of Lausanne, a member of the research center for the Right of European Integration, LMU Munich, a member of the scientific advisory board of the International Investment Law Centre Cologne as well as a visiting professor for International Raw Material Law at the University of Lucerne. Professor Bungenberg is also a member of the Association of German Constitutional Law Professors, the International Law Association, a member of the Committee on Sustainability in Natural Resources Development, the German Association for International Law, the Scientific Association for European Law as well as a member of the working group of European Integration, the German- Swiss Association of Lawyers and the Forum Vergabe e.V.