ABSTRACT
A prominent scholar of Icelandic law has recently observed that Iceland's membership in the European Economic Area (EEA) will most likely lead to the most profound changes in domesl.ic law making since the thirteenth century. \ rn a similar vein, many people, including MPs, have noted that the Althing (Alpingi, the Icelandic parliament) is increasingly impotent in the legislative process. Government ministers dominate it. So docs the government bureaucracy, interest groups and ~ last but not least - the EEA.' There is a general feeling that Iceland's relations with the outside world have undergone a qualitative shift, that membership in the FHA implies lasling economic, social and political change.
