This is the first volume in what is intended to be an annual series designed to publish lectures delivered at the Centre for European Law Studies in Oxford. These lectures have been sponsored by one of Britiain's largest law firms, Cliffor Chance. The first volume brings together lectures given by some of Britain's most distinguished academic lawyers and judges. These lectures have apppeared previously only in pamphlet form. This book is intended for scholars and practitioners of English Law, European Law and Comparative Law.