How can the law of the European Union be most effectively taught in the face of the
EU's current upheavals? With this new book a team of specialists provide a comprehensive
survey of EU law, placing it in its social, political and economic contexts. The books
innovative approach, coupled with a stimulating and accessible writing style, allows the
student to engage fully with the material. The book charts the development of the European
Union from its inception to the present day by exploring in detail the EUs institutions,
its law-making, its administrative processes and its substantive law. Crucially, it
incorporates recent key developments, such as the crisis over the Constitutional Treaty
and the consequences of its apparent failure, as well as issues arising from an enlarged
Europe. With cases and materials integrated throughout the text and recommended reading
sections accompanying each chapter, this is essential reading for all European law
students at undergraduate or postgraduate level.
• Comprehensive textbook on European Union law, taking an innovative law in context
approach
• Examines all recent developments including the recent controversy surrounding EC
constitutionalism
• Explores in detail the structure and implications of economic and monetary union
• Supported throughout by extracts from case law and legislation
Table of Contents
Part I. Constitutional and Institutional Law:
1. European integration and the Treaty on European Union Damian Chalmers;
2. Constitutionalism and the 'failure' of the Constitutional Treaty Damian Chalmers and
Adam Tomkins;
3. The EU institutions Damian Chalmers;
4. Community law-making Damian Chalmers;
5. Sovereignty and federalism: the authority of EU law and its limits Damian Chalmers and
Adam Tomkins;
6. Fundamental rights Damian Chalmers;
7. Judicial relations in the European Union Damian Chalmers;
Part II. Administrative Law:
8. Accountability in the European Union Adam Tomkins;
9. The enforcement of European law Adam Tomkins;
10. Judicial review: the legal accountability of the communitys institutions Adam Tomkins;
Part III. Social and Economic Law:
11. The single market Damian Chalmers;
12. Economic and monetary union Christos Hadjiemmanuil;
13. Union citizenship Damian Chalmers;
14. EU law and non-EU nationals Damian Chalmers;
15. Free movement of goods and the economic constitution Damian Chalmers;
16. The pursuit of an occupation in another Member State Damian Chalmers;
17. Free movement of services Damian Chalmers;
18. Financial services Christos Hadjiemmanuil;
19. Trade restrictions and public goods Damian Chalmers;
20. Discrimination law Giorgio Monti;
Part IV. Competition Law and Policy:
21. EC competition law: functions and enforcement Giorgio Monti;
22. Restrictive practices Giorgio Monti;
23. Abuse of a dominant position Giorgio Monti;
24. Merger policy Giorgio Monti;
25. State regulation and EC competition law Giorgio Monti.
Review
Distinguished by a preparedness to engage the wider intellectual and contextual issues
which are so necessary for a proper appreciation of the 'new' Europe and its legal system,
European Union Law: Text and Materials is a well-written and thoroughly comprehensive
text; one which promises to assume a prominent position in the law school classroom. Prof.
Ian Ward,The University of Newcastle
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