With this Liber Amicorum, around 50 contributors from the legal and judicial professions, from academia and from politics pay tribute to Dr Wolfgang Heusel, the Director of the Academy of European Law (ERA) in Trier from 2000 to 2020. The contributions provide a thorough analysis of some of the most relevant legal and political challenges faced by the European Union, including in the fields of data protection rules, artificial intelligence, the rule of law, human rights protection, institutional reform of the EU and changes in the legal and judicial professions. The book is primarily aimed at postgraduate students, legal practitioners and scholars interested in EU legal matters.

Gavin Barrett is Professor of Law and Head of Teaching and Learning, Sutherland School of Law, University College Dublin

Jean-Philippe Rageade is Director of Programmes of the Academy of European Law (ERA) in Trier

Diana P Wallis is Senior Fellow at the University of Hull, Law School, former Vice President of the European Parliament, former President of the European Law Institute, Hull

Heinz Weil is Partner at Weil & Associés in Paris

Foreword: A Tribute to Wolfgang - and a Lament on Shared Worries by Pauliine Koskelo.- Preface by Gavin Barrett, Jean-Philippe Rageade, Diana Wallis, and Heinz Weil.- Gedanken zu einigen Aspekten juristischer Wissensvermittlung by Josef Azizi.- Zum Kräfteverhältnis der europäischen Institutionen by Katarina Barley.- Coronavirus and EU Law - Driving the Next Stage of Economic and Monetary Union? by Gavin Barrett.- The Covid-19 Pandemic: A Regulatory Perspective by Christopher Buttigieg and Gerd Sapiano.- The Breach of Union Law Procedure and the European Supervisory Agencies (ESAs): An Effective Tool Suffering from an Expectation Gap by Pierre-Henri Conac.- The EU Recovery Plan: New Dynamics in the Financing of the EU Budget by Richard Crowe.- Blanchiment d'argent : obligation de dénonciation de soupçons et secret professionnel de l'avocat - Quelques variations sur un arrêt du 24 septembre 2020 de la Cour constitutionnelle belgeby Georges-Albert Dal.- La Protection des Intérêts Financiers de l'Union européenne : un parcours de trois décennies by Francesco De Angelis.- Mutual Recognition of Public Prosecutors' Decisions: A Critical Analysis in Light of the European Arrest Warrant by Aileen Donnelly and Mary Hastings.- Brexit - A Schottisch Perspective by David Edward.- The Strategic and Regulatory Framework for Autonomous Mobility in the European Union by Judit Fazekas and Gergely Deli.- Appealing the Decision to Refer a Question to the CJEU: Is it Allowed? by Nial Fennelly.- Internationale Zuständigkeit bei Klagen wegen Verspätung oder Annullierung von Flügen by Angelika Fuchs.- by Les droits politiques de la citoyenneté européenne après le Traité de Lisbonne Gregorio Garzón Clariana.- Justice 4.0 - D'outils numériques pour la Justice à une Justice numérique by Roland Genson and Xavier Thoreau.- Financial Implications of the EU's New Pact on Migration and Asylum: Will the Next Multiannual Financial Framework Cover the Costs? by Iris Goldner Lang.- Cooperation between Authorities in Child Protection Matters by Cristina González Beilfuss.- Open Data und die neue Europäische Datenstrategie by Waltraud Hakenberg.- Die Sicherung der Qualität der anwaltlichen Tätigkeit im deutschen Recht und das unionsrechtliche Kohärenzprinzip by Hans-Jürgen Hellwig.- Google Spain and Google - Not to Be Forgotten! by Niilo Jääskinen.- Comment l'Union européenne contribue-t-elle au respect de la responsabilité sociétale des entreprises (RSE) ? by Catherine Kessedjian.- The German Constitutional Court's Challenge to the Court of Justice of the European Union - Problems, Consequences, Possible Solutions: The PSPP Judgment of the German Constitutional Court of 5 May 2020 y Ir¿na Kucina.- European Court of Human Rights in Service of the People? by Julia Laffranque.- Mérites et Limites de l'Europe du Droit by Alain Lamassoure.- Shadows and Illusions in European Private International Law: Reflections on Reflexive Effect by Alexander Layton.- Aus Krisen lernen: Der künftige Weg der Institutionen der Europäischen Union by Klaus-Heiner Lehne.- L'autonomie de l'ordre juridique de l'Union by Koen Lenaerts.- Die Verantwortung mitgliedstaatlicher Gerichte für die Autorität des Unionsrechts by Peter-Christian Müller-Graff.- Judicial Independence: a European and National Perspective by Rimvydas Norkus.- Some Notes on Face-to-face Judicial Training Performed in an EU Environment by Luís Pereira.- The Right to be Heard in Composite Investment Screening Procedures under Regulation 2019/452 by Jens Hillebrand Pohl.- "Green(er) Civilian Power Europe'' in the Era of the EU Green Deal: Giving Effect to the Environmental Sustainability Aspects of EU Trade Policy by Kleoniki Pouikli.- Expansive Judicial Control of the Common Foreign and Security Policy post-Lisbon and EU Global Strategy: Towards a Justiciable EU Shared Competence with the Member States by Maria José Rangel de Mesquita.- Témoignage by Valérie Sagant.- L'accès à un tribunal impartial, pierre angulaire du droit à un procès équitable: la composition de la formation de jugement après renvoi by Octavia Spineanu-Matei.- Regulating the Collaborative Economy in the European Union by Maciej Szpunar.- In-house Counsel: A Special Challenge for ERA... or not? by Jettie Van Caenegem.- Trusting the Union by Marc Van der Woude.- Through the Looking Glass Backwards; Teaching EU Law Post Brexit by Diana Wallis.- Der Rechtsanwalt als Unternehmer und Organ der Rechtspflege by Heinz Weil.- Online Platforms in the European Union Buffeted from all Sides: A Review of the European Commission's Proposed New Competition Tool by Michael Jürgen Werner.- Private Enforcement Agents - The Newest Legal Profession in Bulgaria by Dragomir Yordanov.- Gerichtsbarkeit in Europa in und nach der COVID-19-Pandemie - längerfristige An- und Aussichten by Edith Zeller.