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The
European Law Moot Court Sociey was established in 1988. It
is a non-profit organisation. The Society’s general purpose
is to further the understanding, tolerance and international
awareness among people and peoples in Europe, particularly
in the European Union.
The
more specific aim of the Society, towards achieving the purpose
described above, is to stimulate studies in European law and
to that end, it organises the annual European Law Moot Court
Competition.
The
European Law Moot Court Competition, as the vehicle through
which the Society stimulates studies in European law, has
been designed to facilitate a maximum amount of student involvement
in the study of issues of law affecting the peoples of Europe.
The essential elements of the Moot and the guiding principles
upon which the activities of the Society are founded, are:
that the Moot should be open to all students of whatever nationality
and discipline;
that
not only should the Moot be open to all students, but that
the Society should encourage all students to participate;
that
the Moot and the Society should facilitate and encourage the
meeting of students from different cultures and nationalities;
that
the Moot should not require any previous, in-depth knowledge
of European law, but should encourage the acquisition of that
knowledge through participation;
that
the Moot should maintain a high academic and pedagogic standard;
that
the issues of law raised by the Moot problem should, so far
as possible, be current bearing in mind the state of development
of the Union;
that
through the process of competition, the Society should create
an incentive for students to learn, to develop and to excel
in themselves;
that,
above all, the Moot is a means to an end (the stimulation
of studies in European law) and not an end itself.
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