Publisher's Synopsis
The Yearbook is concerned with the legal systems of all the former planned economies in the former Soviet Union, Central and Eastern Europe, collectively referred to as Eastern Europe. It is written for practicing lawyers both in the private and public sectors. It is the firm belief of the editor and the Advisory and Editorial Board that scholarly analysis and research can - and indeed, must - go hand in hand with the practice of law. This is particularly true in a constantly and rapidly developing field such as East European legal systems. The Yearbook will report and analyze leading decisions of courts in all the jurisdictions concerned. It is the ambition of the Yearbook to cover all areas of law, from constitutional law, to criminal, administrative, commercial and civil law, as well as tax law and public and private international law. The Yearbook seeks to be scholarly and practical, lively and readable. It does not shun controversy or unpopular views - indeed controversy is expected and welcomed. It is believed that confronting issues from all sides, rather than avoiding them, is the better way of understanding the past, present and future development of East European legal systems. Topics addressed in the 2004 Yearbook include: The European Constitution and New Member Countries: The Constitutional Relevance of Free Movement and Citizenship; Reforms in Legal Education at the law Faculty of Kaliningrad State University within the Framework of the EuroFaculty; Reforming Legal Education in the Baltic States: EuroFaculty Law Programme 1993-2005.
