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3 Eur. L.J. 1 (1997)

handle is hein.journals/eurlj3 and id is 1 raw text is: European Law Journal, Vol. 3, No. 1, March 1997, pp. 1-2 D Blackwell Publishers Ltd. 1997, 108 Cowley Road, Oxford OX4 IJF, UK and 350 Main Street, Malden, MA 02148, USA Editorial Francis Snyder The context of European law is being fundamentally transformed. 'Context' needs to be understood in the plural. At the very least it embraces the plurality of social, political, economic and cultural settings in which European Union (including European Community) law operates today. From a sociological standpoint one might reasonably say that EU law itself is also becoming more pluralistic and indeed plural. It thus is appropriate to our time - one of globalisation, post-modernism and fragmentation. The transformation of the setting and the reconfiguration of relations between law and context sometimes occur dramatically. More often, however, these processes are virtually invisible. This does not of course mean that they are any the less profound. The response of legal scholarship to these changes has on the whole not been impressive. For reasons of lack of space, if for no other, this assertion cannot be justified here. Since its beginning, however, one of the tasks of the ELJ has been to fill this perceived gap in legal scholarship. We have tried to encourage authors to take the contexts of European Union law seriously, to rethink how and why it is shaped by - and shapes - the contexts in which it operates, and thus to reconceptualise European Union law itself. The articles in this issue continue this task. In particular, not only do they offer a thorough reinterpretation of certain familiar themes, but they also present a number of innovative perspectives in European legal scholarship. The article by Caruso is entitled 'The Missing View of the Cathedral: The Private Law Paradigm of European Legal Integration'. It argues that the retention of most of the tools of private law in national hands has been a key factor which has made it possible for Member States to accept European legal integration. Now, however, integrationist pressure is increasingly shaking the national presumption of the neutrality of private law, leading to resistance which often takes the shape of formalist entrenchment. The article emphasises the multifaceted relationship between European integration and private law. It also represents a significant contribution to current discussions of the legal culture of the European Union. It points to the diversity and similarity of national legal cultures of private law, and also to the ways in which they overlap with and differ from ideas of law often held in the European Union arena. The article is certain to stimulate a debate about the relationship between European integration, in particular legal integration, and private law, notably property, contract and tort. The article by Ladeur concerns 'Towards a Legal Theory of Supranationality - The Viability of the Network Concept'. Scholars in the field of European Union law, as C Blackwell Publishers Ltd. 1997 I

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