In Conversation with Eleanor Sharpston

What was behind a legal life lived in the spotlight? In this extended conversation between Professor Adam Lazowski and Dame Eleanor Sharpston KC, one of the most important European lawyers of her generation, two friends lift the curtain on what was happening backstage. Over nine chapters, they discuss Eleanor''s early life, her university years, and her parallel career at the Bar and in academe. They move on to consider her leading cases in the English courts, which included Brown and Others (Operation Spanner) and the Metric Martyr, before laying out a thoughtful insider''s assessment of her time on the Bench at the Court of Justice of the European Union in Luxembourg. The closing chapter of the book is dedicated to current events, including the rule of law crisis and the future of European integration. A candid, illuminating and often amusing discussion with a transformative European lawyer.

List of contents

Foreword
1. The Making of Leo
2. At the Bar and at the Court of Justice: The Early Years
3. Return to the Bar: The Big Cases and Other Pro-Bono Work
4. All Roads Lead Back to Luxembourg
5. Advocate General Sharpston
6. The Court on the Kirchberg Plateau
7. The Academic
8. "And" Instead of "Or" - a Polymath
9. The Challenges and Future of European Integration
Epilogue

About the author

Adam Lazowski is Professor of EU Law, Westminster Law School, University of Westminster, London; Chairholder at the European Neighbourhood Chair, College of Europe (Natolin); and Visiting Professor at Ivan Franko National University of Lviv.Dame Eleanor Sharpston, KC is Barrister and Former Advocate General at the Court of Justice of the European Union, Luxembourg.

Product details

• Authors: Adam Lazowski, Lazowski Adam, Eleanor Sharpston
• Publisher: Hart Publishing
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Release: 16.04.2026
• EAN: 9781509992324
• ISBN: 978-1-5099-9232-4
• No. of pages: 384
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Law > International law, foreign law; Human rights & civil liberties law, LAW / Courts, LAW / Constitutional, EU (European Union), Other Geographical Groupings, Oceans & Seas, Courts & procedure, Legal systems: courts and procedures, Constitutional & administrative law, Constitutional law and human rights, International law: courts and procedures, International courts & procedures