European Legal Values: Legal Values Through the Lens of Young Researchers was an international scientific conference organized by the Central European Academy of the University of Miskolc within the framework of the European Legal Values research project conducted by the St. Hedwig Research Group.
The conference was dedicated to the next generation of legal scholars. Doctoral candidates and early-career researchers presented their research on the role of values in contemporary legal systems, exploring issues such as criminal procedure and the rule of law, the constitutional status of children, restorative justice, the classification of parliamentary chambers, as well as the challenges posed by disinformation, freedom of expression, and university autonomy.
The conference aimed to demonstrate how the axiological foundations of law continue to inspire and shape contemporary legal scholarship. By engaging with both classical and emerging legal questions, the young researchers showed how the tradition of value-oriented legal thinking is being reinterpreted, critically examined, and further developed in response to the challenges facing modern legal orders.
The rationale for the discussion stemmed from the growing importance of values in addressing complex legal, social, and political developments across Europe. The conference therefore provided a forum for presenting innovative research that connected doctrinal analysis with broader questions concerning the normative foundations of law, democracy, and public institutions.
The individual perspectives emerging from the presentations were subsequently brought together during the concluding roundtable discussion devoted to the contribution of young researchers to the European legal values debate. The discussion provided an opportunity to identify common themes, compare methodological approaches, and reflect on the distinctive insights that emerging scholars bring to contemporary discussions on legal values and the future development of European legal thought.
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*The event is private and by invitation only.
