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Demaret, Paul --- "Foreword: Paul Demaret" [2011] ELECD 764; in Govaere, Inge; Quick, Reinhard; Bronckers, Marco (eds), "Trade and Competition Law in the EU and Beyond" (Edward Elgar Publishing, 2011)

Book Title: Trade and Competition Law in the EU and Beyond

Editor(s): Govaere, Inge; Quick, Reinhard; Bronckers, Marco

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing

ISBN (hard cover): 9780857935663

Section Title: Foreword: Paul Demaret

Author(s): Demaret, Paul

Number of pages: 4

Extract:

Foreword: Jacques Bourgeois, a
European lawyers' lawyer
Paul Demaret*
When I first learned of the project to prepare a Festschrift for the 75th
birthday of Jacques Bourgeois, I could not hide my surprise, since I could
hardly believe that Jacques Bourgeois was about to turn 75, for none of us
had observed any let up in his activities, neither as a practitioner nor as an
academic. He is as busy as ever and he continues to display that rare
combination of analytical sharpness, breadth of vision, freshness in
outlook and enthusiasm, which is his hallmark.
However, his CV confirms that he was born in 1936. He obtained his
law degree from the University of Ghent in 1959 and a Master degree in
Comparative Law from the University of Michigan in 1960, and started
his professional career in the early 1960s, soon after the Rome Treaty had
entered into force. In other words, Jacques Bourgeois' career spans half a
century of European integration.
I felt greatly honoured when my colleagues Marco Bronckers, Reinhard
Quick and Inge Govaere invited me to write a foreword to this Festschrift,
because of the particular reputation the name of Jacques Bourgeois carries
with it. The list of contributors to this volume testifies eloquently to that.
At the same time, writing such a foreword is a challenge precisely
because Jacques Bourgeois is so well known in European and interna-
tional legal circles. It is also a challenge for another reason. Jacques and I
have known each other ...