Pursuit of Legal Harmony in a Turbulent Europe: Essays in Honour of Eleanor Sharpston
By (Author) Catherine Barnard
Edited by Adam Lazowski
Edited by Daniel Sarmiento
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Hart Publishing
23rd April 2026
United Kingdom
Professional and Scholarly
Non Fiction
International law: courts and procedures
648
Width 169mm, Height 244mm
This masterful work brings together the crme de la crme of EU law academics and practitioners in celebration of the life and work of Eleanor Sharpston, KC.
As one of the foremost Advocates General serving the Court of Justice, her opinions shaped various aspects of EU procedural and substantive law. Many of them have quickly become classics (Ruiz Zambrano, Sturgeon, Miles, Bougnaoui, and Farrell II) and they will continue to shape EU law for decades to come. Her contribution and legacy is expertly assessed over six parts of this book spanning: her career: EU constitutional law; fundamental rights and citizenship; litigation; internal market; and external relations. This is a worthy commentary on a truly remarkable legal legacy.
As those who work in courts know, facility with the law does not suffice to make a great counsel, expert or judge. It is the personal intellectual treasures which elevate the good to the excellent. Few European lawyers can claim as varied and rich a professional background as Eleanor Sharpston. This compilation of essays pays tribute to her lifes work, all the while shining a light on the intellectual treasures which define her. * Sofra O'Leary, Former President of the European Court of Human Rights *
Eleanor Sharpston is an exceptional phenomenon in the legal universe. It is heartwarming to read the tributes to her ongoing work as an academic, a member of the CJEU and a devout European. Most of the authors represented in this volume are my academic colleagues, Court co-workers and friends. Eleanor left her mark on all of us and this book is the evidence and the heritage of her legal thought. * Sinia Rodin, Judge, Court of Justice of the European Union *
Catherine Barnard is Professor of EU Law and Employment Law and Fellow of Trinity College, University of Cambridge, UK.
Adam Lazowski is Professor of EU Law, University of Westminster, UK, Visiting Professor at College of Europe, Natolin, and at Ivan Franko National University in Lviv, Ukraine.
Daniel Sarmiento is Professor of EU and Administrative Law at the University Complutense of Madrid, Spain.