Is the concept of competition suitable as an instrument of European integration, and if so what are the prerequisites and boundaries for this? Is it possible to plan and organize the competition of national legal systems analogous to the competition in production markets? These questions, the results of which are presented in this volume, were dealt with at an interdisciplinary conference at the Faculty of Economics, Law and Social Scienes at the University of Erfurt. unrevised e-book edition 2021; original edition 2010