This slender but absorbing volume, edited by one of the worlds leading comparative lawyers, brings together a collection of papers presented by distinguished judges and academicsThis collection of essays, elegant and instructive, offers a rich harvest for all those who are interested in the way in which the development of a European ius commune may go hand in hand with the continuance of the legal cultures and traditions of the different European legal systems Roy Goode Uniform Law Review/Revue de Droit Uniforme June 2002