Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin - Integrative Research Institute Law & Society (LSI)

These are challenging times, on many fronts. Specifically, courts and the judiciary are under pressure. When democracies tumble, or die, what is the role of courts? What are promising judicial strategies, resilient doctrines, and helpful remedies? We invite you to join a conversation with eminent judges from around the world to address these questions.

Tamara Perišin graduated ‘cum laude’ in law from the Sveučilište u Zagrebu (University of Zagreb, Croatia) in 2002 and obtained a Master of Laws from the University of Oxford (United Kingdom) in 2003 as a Chevening scholar. She then began her doctoral studies in law at the Sveučilište u Zagrebu, where she defended her thesis in 2007. Ms Perišin passed the Croatian bar examination in 2009.

She undertook research residencies at the Asser Instituut (Asser Institute, Netherlands) in 2004, at Georgetown University (United States) and the University of Michigan (United States) from 2005 to 2006 as a Fulbright scholar, and at the Max-Planck-Institut (Max Planck Institute, Heidelberg, Germany) from 2007 to 2008, having received a scholarship for post-doctoral research. In addition, she took a course in the methodology of teaching and learning at the Central European University (Hungary) from 2007 to 2008. In 2014, she was invited to carry out post-doctoral research at the Harvard Law School of Harvard University (United States).

Tamara Perišin has been affiliated with the Sveučilište u Zagrebu since 2002 as a professor and the Vice-Dean for International Cooperation from 2009 to 2011, the holder of a Jean Monnet Chair since 2015 and the coordinator of the Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence since 2018. In 2019 she was appointed as a Judge to the General Court of the the European Union.