In this paper, presented to an interdisciplinary workshop on 'The European Legal Field', the author examines the way in which one sub-field, namely that of academic writing on European law, is structured. Some factors point to the existence of a relatively unified, cross-national community of...

Adversarial legalism - an approach to regulation characterized by strict, legalistic enforcement of detailed legal norms, relying on active judicial intervention and frequent private litigation - has historically been viewed as a uniquely 'American' legal style. This paper argues that the...