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The European Law Institute (ELI) is an independent organisation, which aims to improve the quality of law in Europe. Founded in 2011 and modelled after the American Law Institute, the ELI has grown exponentially in the past years and is now an organisation that brings together more than 1200 legal experts, and more than 90 Universities, Supreme Courts, professional organization and law firms. All these members of the ELI share the vision that the legal community as a whole should work together towards improving the quality of European law. The Institute approaches all its projects with a pan-European perspective, bringing together top minds from all vocations of the legal profession and from a wide range of jurisdictions. This article is intended to provide a short introduction to the European Law Institute, its goals and aims, structure and the broad scope of projects that the Institute undertakes. Those interested in learning more are invited to visit the ELI website or contact its Secretariat directly (A lot of additional information on the European Law Institute, its governing bodies, membership, projects and upcoming events can be found on the ELIs website: http://www.europeanlawinstitute.eu/.).
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The ELIs role and mission is defined in the Manifesto of the European Law Insitute: http://www.europeanlawinstitute.eu/about-eli/ and in its Articles of Association: http://www.europeanlawinstitute.eu/fileadmin/user_upload/p_eli/Statute/ELI_Statute_English_amended.pdf.
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All information on our current members and how to apply for membership can be accessed here: http://www.europeanlawinstitute.eu/membership/.
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The following list contains a very brief introduction to our ongoing projects. More details and documents can be accessed on the ELIs project web-page: http://www.europeanlawinstitute.eu/projects/.
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Garciandía, R., Ólafsson, D. (2017). The European Law Institute: Its Role and Contribution. In: Schauer, M., Verschraegen, B. (eds) General Reports of the XIXth Congress of the International Academy of Comparative Law Rapports Généraux du XIXème Congrès de l'Académie Internationale de Droit Comparé. Ius Comparatum - Global Studies in Comparative Law(), vol 24. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-024-1066-2_32
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