This, the 57th volume of Current Legal Problems , like its predecessors, explores a wide variety of issues. The contributions range across analytical jurisprudence, constitutional law, medical and legal ethics, private law, public law, international law and EC law. Subjects explored this year include European regulation of GMOs, the uses of comparative legal history. and EC competition law and public services. Amongst the contributors to this volume are Michael Bridge, Tony Prosser, and Ben Pettet.