European Union Law

✍ Scribed by Alina Kaczorowska

• Publisher: Routledge-Cavendish
• Year: 2008
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 979
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

This new textbook has been specifically written to give law students detailed and up-to-date knowledge of all the main areas of EU law, whilst leading them to examination success. The book provides an in-depth and detailed examination of, and commentary on the areas of institutional and of substantive EU law forming the syllabus of standard academic courses on EU law. Beginning with an introduction to institutional EU law and with the general objectives of the EU, its institutions and processes; the book then moves on to cover substantive EU law; the fundamental freedoms and EC competition law. Unlike other texts this book successfully combines authoritative text with case summaries and judgments, these being highlighted in colour tinted boxes for easy identification. The author identifies the relevant points and key facts of the leading cases and discusses the judgments in detail, often in the light of subsequent developments. The text is fully up-to-date and incorporates material on: all important judgments up to 15th December 2007 (including - Case C-234/04 Kapferer; Case T-155/04 Sistemi Integrati; Case C-470/03 AGM Cosmet; Case C-173/03 Traghetti del Mediterranes SpA; Case C-173/05 Commission v Italy; Case C-208/05 ITC Innovative Technology Center and Case C-119/05 Lucchini), Directive 2006/123/EC on Services in the Internal Market, the December 2006 Leniency Notice of the EC Commission, the new fining policy of the EC Commission in competition cases, the Model Leniency Programme adopted by the European Competition Network, and the main competences of the new EU Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA). The book also provides a substantial analysis of, and commentary on the brand new groundbreaking 'Lisbon Treaty' Student-friendly features include: short summaries at the beginning of each chapter outlining the topics and concepts covered an aide-memoire at the end of each chapter to highlight and reflect upon the main points recommended reading at the end of each chapter to facilitate further research a full colour map identifying EU Member States (with accession dates) and candidate states a Companion Website featuring updates twice a year to the cases and legislation discussed within the text; annotated Web links to online sources of interest; end of chapter test questions with suggested answers and a self-test bank of multiple choice questions and answers This book is an essential resource for those studying EU law on both undergraduate and postgraduate courses and will also be of interest to students of political science, social science and business studies. www.routledgecavendish.com/textbooks/9780415447980

✦ Table of Contents

BOOK COVER......Page 1
TITLE......Page 4
COPYRIGHT......Page 5
OUTLINE CONTENTS......Page 6
DETAILED CONTENTS......Page 8
PREFACE......Page 16
TABLE OF CASES......Page 18
TABLE OF STATUTES......Page 19
TABLE OF ABBREVIATIONS......Page 20
GLOSSARY OF FOREIGN WORDS......Page 27
1 THE HISTORY OF EUROPEAN INTEGRATION......Page 30
2 THE TREATY OF LISBON......Page 71
3 THE EXPANDING MEMBERSHIP OF THE EUROPEAN UNION......Page 93
4 COMPETENCES OF THE EU......Page 113
5 THE INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES AND THE EUROPEAN UNION......Page 160
6 LEGISLATIVE PROCEDURES IN THE COMMUNITY......Page 217
7 SOURCES OF COMMUNITY LAW......Page 233
8 PRELIMINARY RULINGS: ARTICLE 234 EC......Page 277
9 DIRECT APPLICABILITY OF COMMUNITY LAW......Page 319
10 DIRECT EFFECT OF COMMUNITY LAW......Page 328
11 SUPREMACY OF COMMUNITY LAW......Page 360
12 LIABILITY OF A MEMBER STATE FOR DAMAGE CAUSED TO INDIVIDUALS BY AN INFRINGEMENT OF COMMUNITY LAW......Page 375
13 ENFORCEMENT OF COMMUNITY LAW – ACTIONS AGAINST MEMBER STATES......Page 395
14 DIRECT ACTIONS AGAINST COMMUNITY INSTITUTIONS......Page 432
15 AN INTRODUCTION TO THE INTERNAL MARKET OF THE EU......Page 504
16 THE CUSTOMS UNION......Page 510
17 THE PROHIBITION OF CUSTOMS DUTIES AND ALL CHARGES HAVING EQUIVALENT EFFECT TO CUSTOMS DUTIES (CEE)......Page 515
18 DISCRIMINATORY INTERNAL TAXATION......Page 530
19 QUANTITATIVE RESTRICTIONS (QRs) AND MEASURES HAVING EQUIVALENT EFFECT ON IMPORTS (MEQRs) – ARTICLE 28 EC......Page 550
20 QUANTITATIVE RESTRICTIONS AND MEASURES HAVING EQUIVALENT EFFECT ON EXPORTS (MEQRs) – ARTICLE 29 EC......Page 600
21 ARTICLE 30 EC......Page 605
22 CITIZENSHIP OF THE EU......Page 618
23 FREE MOVEMENT OF WORKERS......Page 641
24 THE RIGHT OF ESTABLISHMENT (ARTICLES 43–48 EC) AND THE RIGHT TO SUPPLY AND RECEIVE SERVICES (ARTICLES 49–55 EC)......Page 675
25 EXCEPTIONS TO THE FREE MOVEMENT OF PERSONS......Page 734
26 INTRODUCTION TO EC COMPETITION LAW......Page 749
27 ARTICLE 81 EC......Page 773
28 ARTICLE 82 EC......Page 831
29 MERGER CONTROL......Page 876
30 ENFORCEMENT OF ARTICLES 81 AND 82 EC......Page 900
31 INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS......Page 941