SYMPOSIUM ON THE FUTURE OF GLOBAL LAW

5 | Introduction | of the two leading ideas of bringing together these lectures was indeed to be part of a real συμπόσιον , a kind of a banquet which was accompanied by lasting con- versations and exchanges. The other was to inaugurate, as said, the “Athens Con- temporary Law Lectures” series. The first gathering, which led to this present publication, took place in 2019, while unfortunately the current circumstances, in 2020 and in early 2021 prevent us from organizing the next one. I am personally grateful to all participants and to our generous sponsors and I apologize for the delay of publication due to the extraordinary global circum- stances that took place after our Symposium. Charalampos (Haris) Pampoukis