Sir Thomas More Lectures 2004 and 2005

The Lincoln's Inn annual European Law Conference is the largest public educational event in the Inn's calendar.

Over the past ten years, the Conference, and the Sir Thomas More Lecture, which is its centrepiece, have brought to the Inn some of the most illustrious figures in the world of European Law and Human Rights.

Accession of the European Union to the European Convention on Human Rights and Fundamental Rights and Fundamental Freedoms reproduces the text of the annual Sir Thomas More Lecture, together with other lectures and talks given in conjunction with it, or throughout the year, as part of the Inn's extensive programme of teaching and training in European Law and Human Rights.

Contents include: Accession of the European Union to the European Convention on Human Rights by Hans Christian Kruger; Prospects for Justice and Home Affairs under the Constitutional Treaty: next steps in the development of an area of Freedom, Security and Justice by Jonathan Faull; The EU Asylum Directives by Tim Eicke; Fundamental Rights and Fundamental Freedoms: The Challenge of Striking a Delicate Balance by Vassilios Skouris; Courage v Crehan and the Way Ahead by Walter van Gerven.