Abstract
All books in this flagship series contain carefully selected substantial extracts from key cases, legislation, and academic debate, providing students with a stand-alone resource. The eighth edition of EU Law: Text, Cases, and Materials provides clear analysis of all aspects of European law in the post Lisbon era. This edition looks in detail at the way in which the provisions of the Lisbon Treaty have worked since the Treaty became operational, especially innovations such as the hierarchy of norms, the different types of competence, and the legally binding Charter of Rights. The coming into effect of the new Treaty was overshadowed by the financial crisis, which has occupied a considerable part of the EU’s time since 2009. The EU has also had to cope with the refugee crisis, the pandemic crisis, the rule of law crisis, and the Brexit crisis. There has nonetheless been considerable legislative activity in other areas, and the EU Courts have given important decisions across the spectrum of EU law. The eighth edition has incorporated the changes in all these areas. The book covers all topics relating to the institutional and constitutional dimensions of the EU. In relation to EU substantive law, there is detailed treatment of the four freedoms, the single market, competition, equal treatment, citizenship, state aid, and the area of freedom, security, and justice. Brexit is the rationale for the decision to have a separate UK version of the book. There is no difference in the chapters between the two versions, insofar as the explication of the EU law is concerned. The difference resides in the fact that in the UK version there is an extra short section at the end of each chapter explaining how, for example, direct effect, primacy, or free movement are relevant in post-Brexit UK. Law students in the UK need to know this, law students in the EU and elsewhere do not.
Keywords:
European law, Treaty of Lisbon, European Union, case law, decision-making, competence, governance, free movement, citizenship, competition lawSubjects:
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Contents
- Front Matter
- 1. The Development of European Integration
- 2. Membership: Entry, Obligations, and Exit
- 3. The Institutions
- 4. Competence
- 5. Instruments and the Hierarchy of Norms
- 6. Legislation and Decision‑Making
- 7. Legislation, Decision-Making, and Democracy
- 8. The Nature and Effect of EU Law: Direct Effect and Beyond
- 9. The Application of EU Law: Remedies in National Courts
- 10. The Relationship Between EU Law and National Law: Primacy
- 11. EU International Relations Law
- 12. Human Rights in the EU
- 13. Enforcement Actions Against Member States
- 14. Preliminary Rulings
- 15. Review of Legality: Access
- 16. Review of Legality: Grounds of Review
- 17. Damages Actions and Money Claims
- 18. The Single Market
- 19. Free Movement of Goods: Duties, Charges, and Taxes
- 20. Free Movement of Goods: Quantitative Restrictions
- 21. Free Movement of Capital
- 22. Free Movement of Workers
- 23. Freedom of Establishment and to Provide Services
- 24. Citizenship of the European Union
- 25. Equal Treatment and Non-Discrimination: On Grounds of Sex, Race, Disability, Religion or Belief, and Age
- 26. Economic and Monetary Union
- 27. AFSJ: EU Criminal Law
- 28. Competition Law: Article 101
- 29. Competition Law: Article 102
- 30. Competition Law: Mergers
- 31. The State and the Common Market
- End Matter