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On 18 June 2010 the Bar Council International Committee (“the International Committee”) hosted a roundtable discussion at the Bar Council’s offices on the similarities and differences between the common law concept of “the Rule of Law” and the civil law concept of “Rechtsstaat” (“legal state” or “state of law”).
The event was held in conjunction with the Moscow City Chamber of Advocates (“the MCCA”) and was the first of a series of joint events planned between the International Committee and the MCCA further to the Memorandum of Understanding that was signed between the two organisations in February.
The roundtable meeting was chaired jointly by the Chairman of the Bar Council, Nicholas Green QC, and the Chairman of the International Committee, James Dingemans QC. Representatives of the Bar Council (James Dingemans QC, Victoria Oakes and Rupert D’Cruz), the MCCA (Petr Barenboim, Alexander Pashinskiy, and Elena Kataeva) and the Frankfurt Bar Association (Dr Rudolf Lauda, CEO of the Frankfurt (a.M.) Bar Association) participated in the discussion, which covered:
Following a fruitful discussion that identified many areas of similarities (and some differences) the International Committee and the MCCA agreed to produce a joint paper on this subject. The two organisations also plan a further roundtable event in Russia on these issues following the completion of the joint paper.
The event was held in conjunction with the Moscow City Chamber of Advocates (“the MCCA”) and was the first of a series of joint events planned between the International Committee and the MCCA further to the Memorandum of Understanding that was signed between the two organisations in February.
The roundtable meeting was chaired jointly by the Chairman of the Bar Council, Nicholas Green QC, and the Chairman of the International Committee, James Dingemans QC. Representatives of the Bar Council (James Dingemans QC, Victoria Oakes and Rupert D’Cruz), the MCCA (Petr Barenboim, Alexander Pashinskiy, and Elena Kataeva) and the Frankfurt Bar Association (Dr Rudolf Lauda, CEO of the Frankfurt (a.M.) Bar Association) participated in the discussion, which covered:
Following a fruitful discussion that identified many areas of similarities (and some differences) the International Committee and the MCCA agreed to produce a joint paper on this subject. The two organisations also plan a further roundtable event in Russia on these issues following the completion of the joint paper.
On 18 June 2010 the Bar Council International Committee (“the International Committee”) hosted a roundtable discussion at the Bar Council’s offices on the similarities and differences between the common law concept of “the Rule of Law” and the civil law concept of “Rechtsstaat” (“legal state” or “state of law”).
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