Lecture by Martin Brenncke
The research group for Competition and Market Law is organising a lecture by Martin Brennecke from Aston Law School, Birmingham .
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About the Lecture
How far do contemporary English and German judges go when they interpret national legislation? Where are the limits of statutory interpretation when judges venture outside the constraints of the text? Do these limits converge or diverge in both jurisdictions? In his talk, Martin will present some key findings from his recent book Judicial Law-making in English and German Courts (Intersentia, 2018). He will address the often neglected relationship between statutory interpretation and constitutional law and explore the limits of judicial power in both legal systems. He will critically analyse, reconstruct and compare judicial law-making in English and German courts from comparative, methodological and constitutional perspectives. The differences and commonalities in both jurisdictions will be mapped and explanatory accounts for these differences and similarities will be offered based on constitutional, institutional, political, historical, cultural and international factors.
Short Bio
Martin Brenncke is Lecturer in Law at Aston Law School, Birmingham, UK. Before joining Aston, he was Erich Brost Career Development Fellow in German and European Union Law at the University of Oxford, UK and a Lecturer in Law at the University of Zurich, Switzerland. He has lived, studied and taught law in three different jurisdictions (Germany, Switzerland and England), leading to a profound interest in how the law is applied and understood in different countries.
