Legislation in Europe

Ulrich Karpen was Professor of Constitutional and Administrative Law at the University of Hamburg.Helen Xanthaki is Professor of Law at UCL and Director of the International Postgraduate Laws Programme of the University of London.

Individual chapters provide a fascinating insight into constitutions and law-making in a range of different countries … It certainly provides a good way to attain a broad overview of how legislation is made across Europe, and an introduction to law-making in a vast array of European countries. It is unique in the wealth of its coverage.

• 1. Legislation in European Countries Ulrich Karpen, University of Hamburg, Germany and Helen Xanthaki, University College London, UK 2. Legislation in AustriaKarl Irresberger, Federal Ministry of Constitutional Affairs, Reforms, Deregulation and Justice, Vienna, Austria and Christoph Konrath, Administration of the Austrian Parliament, Austria3. Legislation in Belgium Patricia Popelier, University of Antwerp, Belgium4. Legislation in Bulgaria Martin Belov, University of Sofia St. Kliment Ohridski, Bulgaria5. Legislation in Croatia Ivan Kopric, University of Zagreb, Croatia6. Legislation in Cyprus Nicoletta Ioannou, European Union Section of the Law Office, Cyprus7. Legislation in the Czech Republic Robert Zbiral, Masaryk University, Czech Republic8. Legislation in Denmark Helle Krunke, University of Copenhagen, Denmark9. Legislation in Estonia Jaan Ginter, University of Tartu, Estonia, Aare Kasemets, Estonian Ministry of Rural Affairs and Raul Narits, University of Tartu, Estonia10. Legislation in Finland Jyrki Tala, Finnish Council on Legislative Impact Analysis11. Legislation in France Karine Gilberg, Head of Office chez Ministere de la Justice Service des Affaires Europeennes et Internationales12. Legislation in Germany Ulrich Karpen, University of Hamburg, Germany13. Legislation in Greece Maria Mousmouti, Institute of Advanced Legal Studies, University of London, UK14. Legislation in Hungary Timea Drinoczi, University of Pécs, Hungary15. Legislation in Ireland Ronan Cormacain, City, University of London, UK16. Legislation in ItalyMaria de Benedetto, Roma Tre University, Italy 17. Legislation in Latvia Daiga Rezevska, University of Latvia18. Legislation in Lithuania Jurgita Malinauskaite, Brunel University London, UK and Aušrine Pasvenskiene, VytautasMagnus University, Lithuania 19. Legislation in Luxembourg Volker Heydt, formerly, Official of the European Commission, Luxembourg20. Legislation in Malta Ivan Sammut, University of Malta21. Legislation in the Netherlands Emile Beenakker, Ministry of Finance and Sjoerd E Zijlstra, VU University Amsterdam, the Netherlands22. Legislation in Norway Jon Christian Floysvik Nordrum, University of Oslo, Norway23. Legislation in Poland Jacek K Sokolowski, Uniwersytet Jagiellonski, Poland24. Legislation in Portugal Joao Tiago da Silveira, Lisbon Law School, Portugal25. Legislation in Romania Emod Veress, Ferenc Mádl Institute of Comparative Law, Hungary26. Legislation in Slovakia Milan Hodas, Comenius University, Slovakia27. Legislation in Slovenia Polonca Kovac, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia and Katerina Fabrizio, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia28. Legislation in Spain Mario Hernandez Ramos, University of Salamanca, Spain29. Legislation in SwedenJohan Danelius, Ministry of Justice, Sweden and Cyril Holm, University Oxford, UK30. Legislation in Switzerland Stefan Hofler, University of Zurich, Switzerland, Markus Nussbaumer, Swiss Federal Chancellery, Bern, Switzerland and Felix Uhlmann, University of Zurich, Switzerland31. Legislation in the UK Helen Xanthaki, University College London, UK and Constantin Stefanou, Institute ofAdvanced Legal Studies, University of London, UK32. Legislation in the EUWilliam Robinson, Institute of Advanced Legal Studies, University of London, UK