ECLAW AND NATIONAL LAWS IN THE WAKE OF THE COMPLETION OF THE INTERNAL MARKET IN 1992

1992年欧洲内部市场的建成，甚至在日本学术界也掀起了热潮。尽管缺乏欧共体法方面的专家，但一些学术团体在其年度会议上将其作为一个主题。不幸的是，在批准《马斯特里赫特条约》遇到严重困难之后，公众的兴趣似乎一直在减少。然而，在我们这个无边界经济（简言之，就是全球化）的时代，持久的欧洲一体化日益增长的重要性怎么估计都不为过。我们的研究旨在通过法律促进对高度复杂的欧洲一体化过程的理解。为此，我们采用了两个层次的方法来研究这个问题。一方面，我们试图说明欧共体法律和国家法律之间复杂的相互作用（特别是伊藤和中村的文章）。另一方面，我们在世界贸易全球化的背景下分析了欧共体法律（特别是见Matsushita和Ishiguro的文章）。在我们的研究过程中，由于欧共体法律的多语性，我们在翻译法律术语时遇到了困难。事实上，欧共体法律的多语言化正是欧共体法律多元文化主义的表现，这需要我们对欧共体法律的科学研究进行反思。这就是为什么我们必须对会员国的国内法（复数！）有一个比较的观点。可以肯定地说，共同体法的研究在21世纪初将更加重要。因此，必须继续关注欧洲一体化的发展。

The completion of the European internal market in 1992 brought a boom even in the Japanese academic world. Some academic societies took it as a topical theme in their annual conference in spite of the lack of specialists in EC law. Unfortunately, it seems that public interest has been dwindling after that the ratification of the Maastricht treaty encountered serious difficulties. Nevertheless the growing importance of the everlasting European integration cannot be overestimated in our era of borderless economy, in a word, globalisation.Our research aimed at promotion of understanding in the highly complex process of the European integration by law. For this purpose, we adopted a two-level approach to the subject. On the one hand, we tried to illustrate the complex interaction between EC law and national laws (see, in particular, articles by Ito and Nakamura). On the other hand, we analyzed EC law in the context of globalisation of world trade (see, in particular, articles by Matsushita and Ishiguro).In the course of our research, we encountered difficulties in translation of legal terms in EC law because of its multilingualism. In fact, its multilingualisme is no other than an expression of its legal multiculturalism which calls for reflection on our scientific approach to EC law. That is why We must have a comparative perspective of national laws (in plural! ) of the Member States.It is safely submitted that studies of Community law will have more importance in early 21st century. It is thus essential to continue following developments of the European integration.