John Bell: The Changing Character of Comparative Law

On 15th September 2017, the Centre for European Legal Studies held a conference to celebrate the 25th Anniversary of the formation of the Centre. The conference, entitled "The Past, Present and Future of European Legal Studies" brought EU legal academics together, many of them former members or Directors, to discuss the future direction of EU legal research.

Programme:

Albertina Albors-Llorens: Welcome and Introduction
Bill Cornish: Gearing up for a CELS
Alan Dashwood: CELS at the end of the European Communities's Golden Age
John Bell: The Changing Character of Comparative Law
John Spencer: Europe and Criminal Justice
Catherine Barnard: Cloudy with a Chance of Albondigas (not recorded)
Kenneth Armstrong: Brexit and the Autonomy of EU Law: Causes and Consequences
Richard Fentiman: Concluding Remarks