The Changing Role of Highest Courts in an Internationalising World
This multidisciplinary project focuses on the changing role of highest national courts. These are
among the most important agents for dealing with internationalisation of law in concrete cases.
The project will lead to concrete results at three levels:
- Analytical (unique comprehensive mapping of judicial exchanges across borders),
- general theoretical (adapting legal theory to the changing role of highest courts)
- and empirical (mapping and understanding the working of judges’ networks).
The core research question has been identified in cooperation with the Hague Highest Courts Network.
The project is strongly embedded in a continuous conversation with highest courts judges from all over the world. The research project is led by three internationally renowned scholars. The project will produce guidelines for highest courts.
Project Leaders
- Prof. Ton Hol
Utrecht University - Prof. Andrea Lollini
Bologna University - Prof. John Bell
Cambridge University
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Total budget: €360,000
HiiL financial support: €300,000
Matching: €60,000
Duration: May 2009 – June 2011
Contact Information
Sam Muller | Director
+ 31 70 349 4405 | sam.muller@hiil.org
Video message | 2011 Law of the Future Conference
Andrea Lollini (Bologna University) and Ton Hol (Utrecht University) are the coordinators of the Hague Highest Courts Network. They share their views on the changing role of national highest courts in a globalising world during the 2011 Law of the Future Conference in The Hague