ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Francis Snyder

Francis Snyder is an award-winning scholar who serves as C.V. Starr Professor of Law and EU Jean Monnet Professor ad personam at Peking University School of Transnational Law, Peking University Shenzhen Graduate School, China; Emeritus Professor of Public Law, Aix-Marseille University; and Honorary Full Professor at the College of Europe, Bruges.

POSTS BY Francis Snyder

20 March 2024

Francis Snyder

Establishing Law in Context

Law in Context (LIC) was a revolution in EU law studies. It began in the 1980s and ‘90s and its effects continue today. This blogpost sketches selected basic landmarks. Inevitably it is a personal perspective, because if the short history of LIC shows anything, it is that there are almost as many views of ‘context’ as there are LIC scholars. To fully understand the LIC movement, it is essential to consider it in context; furthermore, despite changes in context, LIC remains pertinent today. Continue reading >>