Full Description
*The ideal text for general European courses at undergraduate level*Serves as a reference work for legal practitioners on points of principle*Presents detailed commentary on, and analysis of, the European Union and its substantive law*Covers the constitutional structure of the EU, examining the functioning of the institutions, the jurisdiction of the European Court of Justice, and the nature of the European legal order*Provides detailed coverage of the free movement of goods, persons and services, competition law, and state aids*Includes boxed summaries at the start of each chapter summarising the key points*Provides a list of further reading at the end of each chapterNew for the 5th Edition*New chapters on the Constitutional Treaty, Corporate Establishment and Cross Border Investment, Citizenship, Fundamental Rights, and the Charter of Fundamental Rights.*Key recent case law from the European Courts*Recent developments in EU citizenship rights and the new residency directive of 2004 (in force 2006)*Accession treaties 2003 and 2005 and transitional arrangements for EU 10 workers*Company law harmonisation and its contribution to the internal market and the removal of obstacles to cross frontier activity caused by national tax rules*Harmonisation of labelling rules and the need to enforce mutual recognition through Community legislation*Regulation 1/2003, radically restructuring the enforcement of Arts 81-82*The new Community framework for state aid in the form of public service compensation*The impact of the Treaty of Nice and the Treaties of Accession*The EU's Charter of Fundamental Rights, looking at the background to the Charter's drafting and its incorporation in the new Constitutional Treaty*Policy developments such as the Commission's latest Internal Market Strategy
Contents
Historical Introduction. The Constitutional Order. Constitutional Principles. Jurisdiction of the Community Courts. The Fundamental Rights of Union Citizens, the Internal Market and Beyond. Competition Policy.
