Welcome
The European Law Institute, founded in June 2011 as an entirely independent organisation, aims to improve the quality of European law, understood in the broadest sense. It seeks to initiate, conduct and facilitate research, to make recommendations, and to provide practical guidance in the field of European legal development.
The Institute has high ambitions, reflected in its Manifesto and in its Articles of Association. It will study and stimulate European legal development in a global context. That should be taken to include, but by no means be limited to, the development of European law by the European Union and the Council of Europe.
Former Member of the European Parliament Diana Wallis was elected as the new President of the European Law Institute on 6 September 2013. She succeeds Sir Francis Jacobs as the head of the Institute. Her statement of acceptance can be found here.
ELI News
ELI responds to European Commission Public Consultation on Copyright Rules
At its meeting on 28 February 2014 the ELI Council approved what is now the third official publication of the ELI.
Vienna hosts the first Council Meeting of 2014
The first Plenary Council meeting of the year was held in Vienna on 28 February 2014.
Committee and Senate Meetings
On 27 February 2014 the ELI Secretariat hosted meetings of the Executive, Membership and Fundraising Committees, while six members of the ELI Senate also met for their first meeting since the 2013 Projects Conference and General...
ELI Council to meet in February
The ELI Council will convene in Vienna for a plenary meeting on 28 February 2014.
One-day Conference on International Contracts and Arbitration
The Catholic University of Louvain, in cooperation with the University of Liège, will organise a one-day conference on international contracts and arbitration.
Article on ELI in STEP Journal
Richard Frimston explains the Role of the European Law Institute and why he became a Fellow.
Seminar organised by UK Hub and BEG in London on 3 February
The UK Hub of the ELI and ELI Institutional Observer the Bar European Group are holding a seminar on 3 February 2014.
Diana Wallis to speak at Series of Events in Germany
At the end of January 2014 the ELI President will speak at events in Münster, Hamburg and Berlin.
Season's Greetings
The Secretariat Team wishes all Members and Friends of the ELI a joyous holiday season and a prosperous start to the New Year.
German Hub Event in January 2014
The German Hub of the ELI, which held an initial meeting in Marburg on the occasion of the Tagung für Rechtsvergleichung, a conference on comparative law organised by the German national committee of comparative law (Gesellschaft...
