Cambridge Yearbook of European Legal Studies Vol 3, 2000

Alan Dashwood,Barrister, is Professor of European Law and Fellow of Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge. John Spencer is a Professor of Law at the University of Cambridge and a Fellow of Selwyn College. Angela Ward is a Reader in Law at the University of Essex, and a Barrister of the Middle Temple.

• The "Mackenzie Stuart Lecture 2000" - the future judicial architecture of the European Union, Lord Slynn of Hadley; the "Mackenzie Stuart Lecture 2001" - the Treaty of Nice - an imperfect treaty but a decisive step towards enlargement, Jean-Claude Piris; modernizing the community courts, Anthony Arnull; the criminal liability of politicians in France, John Bell; decision-making at the Summit, Alan Dashwood; outsting jurisdiction and the European conventions, Richard Fentiman; the evolving role of the court of first instance of the European Communities - some comments on the changes agreed at Nice as they affect the judicial architecture of the community court, Judge Nicholas Forwood; the future of the EC merger regulation, Dan Goyder; between persecution and protection - refugees and the new European asylum policy, Elspeth Guild; when Europeans complain - the work of the European ombudsman, Ian Harden; will the sparks fly? the role of the European Union in the liberalization of the electricity industry, Angus Johnston; EC legislation prohibiting age discrimination - "towards a Europe for all ages"?, Clare McGlynn; enlarging the area of freedom, security and justice - problems of diversity and EU instruments and strategies, Jorg Monar; the EC and WTO trade and environment case law - procedural aspects, legal principles and institutional matters, Nicola Notaro; the implementation of community environmental legislation - between comitology procedures and standardization bodies, Sara Poli; plus ca change? Article 5(1) of the regulation on jurisdiction and the recognition and enforcement of judgements, Pippa Rogerson; a German view on the EU charter of fundamental rights - effect on the Bundesverfassungsgsgericht, Jurgen Schwarze; improving the position of lesbians and gay men at work in the light of the framework directive for equal treatment in employment - a German case study, Paul Skidmore; on discrimination and the theory of mandatory requirements, Eleanor Spaventa; flexibility - the experience so far, John A. Usher; "collective amnesia" of Europe v. engagement with Asia - forging a middle path for Australia in the age of regionalism, Angela Ward; the vertical agreements regulation - a critical appraisal, Paul M. Taylor.