Abstract: The paper explores the impact of the great enlargement of Europe (European Union and Council of Europe) to the east on the judicial interaction between the EU, the ECHR and the Member States legal orders. In order to appraise the dynamic and prospective nature of the enlargement, in...

The most recent enlargement of the European Union, which incorporated post-communist countries from Central and Eastern Europe (CEE), placed relatively little emphasis on the equal opportunities of men and women. However, acceding countries were required to implement Chapter 13 (‘Employment...

My starting point for this paper is an uneasiness with the current internationalist literature on the 'linkage' of trade and human rights, and with the effects of my attempts to teach, write and speak about this literature. In the first part of the paper, I outline my reasons for this...