The first editorial in November 1975 defined the purview of the Review in broad terms (it "includes within its scope all legal aspects of the process of European integration") and expressed its commitment to "the highest academic standards" whilst catering "for the needs � of those involved in the practice and administration of Community law".
These aims have become a constant theme of our first forty years and have been pursued by all its editors over the years (along with the current editorial team, these have included Alan Dashwood, Robin White, Anthony Arnull, and Damian Chalmers). In addition to covering all aspects of European law widely understood, including developments in the Council of Europe, particularly concerning the European Convention on Human Rights, the Review is committed to publishing scholarship of the highest quality, irrespective of the form of the piece submitted. It also addresses a wide audience (academics, postgraduate and undergraduate students, members of the judiciary, practitioners, officials and policy-makers) and invites submissions from anywhere in the world irrespective of the status or background of the author. As for our approach to scholarship, we do not give a particular emphasis on any type of scholarship - we are committed to publishing doctrinal, theoretical, contextual and interdisciplinary analysis, as long as it is of the highest quality and its subject-matter falls within the scope of the Review.