This collection of essays reflects on the fifth enlargement of the European Union, projected to take place in 2004. It examines the process of enlargement, its impact on both the candidate States and on the institutions and policies of the European Union. In so doing, it discusses these issues from a variety of perspectives - legal, economic and political - reflecting the different dimensions of the enlargement project.About the Author: Marise Cremona has been with the Centre for Commercial Law Studies since 1992 and became Deputy Director and Professor of European Commercial Law there in 2001. She teaches and researches in European Union Law, specialising in the field of European Community, and Union, external policy. Since 1989 she has had a particular interest in EU relations with central and eastern Europe, and has been engaged in legal training programme and consultancy work in the candidate States and other States of the region.