Bellamy, Christopher --- "Foreword" [2008] ELECD 220; in Moser, Philip; Sawyer, Katrine (eds), "Making Community Law" (Edward Elgar Publishing, 2008)

Book Title: Making Community Law

Editor(s): Moser, Philip; Sawyer, Katrine

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing

ISBN (hard cover): 9781847201379

Section Title: Foreword

Author(s): Bellamy, Christopher

Number of pages: 2

Extract:

Foreword
Sir Christopher Bellamy QC1
This book arises out of the successful and well-attended conference which the
United Kingdom Association of European Law, UKAEL, organized in the
summer of 2006 to celebrate the 18 years of service given by one of our most
distinguished members, and Vice President of this Association, Sir Francis
Jacobs KCMG, as Advocate General at the European Court of Justice.
The UKAEL exists to foster the sound development of European
Community law by organizing lectures, conferences and other occasions at
which important issues can be discussed in depth between academics, judges,
practitioners, administrators, students and all those interested in the subject
matter. Our strong links with the Court of Justice and other European institu-
tions, with our sister associations in the Member States through Fédération
Internationale de Droit Européen (FIDE), and with the universities, enable this
Association to bring together distinguished participants from many different
backgrounds, as shown by the contents of this book.
The following chapters will highlight Francis's many achievements and
discuss his brilliant and wide-ranging, and often courageous, contributions to
many diverse fields of Community law. I of course associate myself with all
those tributes and will, if I may, add just one remark. What is not perhaps gener-
ally known is Francis's work behind the scenes at the European Court to
improve the functioning and effectiveness of that institution. Francis was there
when the Court of First Instance was set up in 1989 and helped ...