Blc obiter dicta edition 5

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FEBRUARY 2012 5th EDITION

Students & Alumni UK Legal Issues

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Letter from the Editors

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Welcome to the fifth edition of Obiter Dicta!

CEE National Issues

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EU Perspectives

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International Perspectives

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CEEMC

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Call for Papers 75 and Subscribers’ contributions

Once again we have had the pleasure of receiving a multitude of articles from our

students, alumni and friends on a plethora of diverse topics. We are extremely grateful to all those who devoted their free

time to preparing pieces for this edition, and we are sure that you will enjoy reading the results of their labours.

BRITISH LAW CENTRE CELEBRATING 20 YEAR ANNIVERSARY The close links forged between Poland and England during the second world war ensured that, well before the opening of the Schengen borders and the entrance of the inimitable Polish plumber, expatriated Poles and their descendants were already a solid presence in the English legal profession and watching with interest changes occurring in the early 1990s in their home country. It was accordingly an ideal time for the initiative of Judge George Dobry’s to create a course in English and European Union law for a corps of young Polish lawyers which would assist in that Poland’s transition to democracy and ultimately membership of the European Community. Under the academic direction of Professor W.R Cornish and the Centre for European Legal Studies of Cambridge University and with the finan-


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