This is a practitioners handbook which provides a comprehensive overview of the legal professions of the EC and EFTA countries. It covers entry into the profession, its organisation, prerogatives and professional conduct as well as rules relating to lawyers in association, advertising and publicity, fees, and mutual recognition of qualifications. This new revision includes an account of the legal systems in the new member states Austria, Finland and Sweden as well as more detailed accounts of the remaining EAE countries, Iceland and Norway. The interaction between Switzerland and member states of the Community is covered in the new chapter on the Swiss legal system, and the major developments in the legal systems of existing member states such as France, Germany, Belgium and the Netherlands is also examined.