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8 ERA F. 1 (2007)

handle is hein.journals/erafrum8 and id is 1 raw text is: ERA Forum (2007) 8:1-2 DOI 10.1007/s12027-007-0001-z EITRIALi NOTE Note from the Editorial Board EUROPAISCHE RECI4'SAKADEMNIE Published online: 27 March 2007 flO' t !'RO°' © ERA 2007 T.R TREV TREVIRI ERA Forum enters a new chapter with this first issue of 2007. The inauguration of our partnership with the publishing house Springer marks a significant step forward in the Academy of European Law's ambition, through this quarterly journal, to reach a wider public of practitioners and students of European law than already addressed by the conferences and seminars we have been organising at our centre in Trier and throughout Europe since our foundation fifteen years ago. There has already been a substantial widening of ERA Forum's readership since it first appeared in 2000. Further issues will build on the existing strengths of the journal in the full range of European law addressed by ERA's in-house legal team, including European private, business, public and criminal law. In looking for a partner with which to publish ERA Forum we approached a number of houses from different European countries and were honoured that sev- eral expressed interest in cooperating with us. Springer stood out for a number of reasons, not least that - like ERA - while it has roots in Germany, it has flourished on the European and indeed the global scene. Founded originally in Berlin in 1842, Springer has long focused on scientific publishing. As its business developed through mergers and buyouts with other publishing houses such as Bertelsmann and Kluwer Academic Publishers, so its portfolio and international profile grew. Today Springer publishes more than 5,000 new books every year and 1450 journals, of which more than 40 are devoted to various areas of law. Wolfgang Heusel (Chair) John Coughlan Johanna Engstrdm Pilar Ndiez Rufz Jean-Philippe Rageade ERA -Academy of European Law Metzer Allee, 54295 Trier, Germany e-mail: info@era.int _ Springer