The University of San Diego School of Law is proud to present the 22nd lecture in the Nathaniel L. Nathanson Memorial Lecture Series

Georg Ress
Professor of International Law
International University Bremen (Germany), and
Former Judge of the European Court of Human Rights

“Some Problems of the Interpretation of Human Rights
Guarantees by the ECHR, and
Property as a Human Right, According to the
European Convention of Human Rights”

Tuesday, April 4, 2006
5:30 p.m. – Lecture at the Peace & Justice Theatre
Reception Following at the IPJ Rotunda

You may still rsvp by calling x4527 or by e-mail to usdlawevent@sandiego.edu
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Professor Georg Ress
Professor Georg Ress, who served from 1998 to 2004 as a judge of the European Court of Human Rights, is one of the foremost authorities on the subject of human rights in Europe.  Born in 1935, he studied at the Free University of Berlin and University of Vienna.  In 1972, Professor Ress was awarded a doctorate in law from the University of Heidelberg and in 1976 the Habilitation.  From 1977 to 1998, he was Full Professor of International and Constitutional Law and the Law of European Communities at the University of the Saarland (Saarbrücken).  In 1979, Professor Ress was appointed director of the Institute of European Studies at the University of the Saarland, and in 1995, director of the Institute of Human Rights at the same university.  From 1994 to 1998, he was the German member of the European Commission of Human Rights.  In September 2005, he was appointed Professor of International Law at International University Bremen (Germany).
                                                     
Nathaniel L. Nathanson
The Nathaniel L. Nathanson Memorial Lecture Series was established in 1984 in honor of the esteemed law professor who devoted his life to the law and legal education.