The Law of the European Union

The Law of the European Union, Second Edition, has been consolidated from the two volumes of the first edition to form a single, updated volume. This casebook examines the law of the European Union under the Lisbon Treaty, which came into effect in December 2009.

Part I of the book covers Historical Developments (from the EEC to the EU); Founding Values and Constitutional Principles; Institutions and Law Making Procedures; Sources of Law; Court Structure; European Union Law and National Legal Orders; Preliminary Rulings; Judicial Review; Enforcement: Actions against States; Liability of the EU and States; Justice and Fundamental Rights; and External Relations-Foreign Policy and Security.

Part II covers Single/Common Market; Circulation of Goods; Movement of Persons; Workers; Establishment and Services; Movement of Capital; External Commercial Policy; Competition; Mergers; State Aids; Intellectual Property; and The Euro and Consumer Protection.

"This work is much more than a typical American 'casebook'; it combines, indeed, systemic explanations with 'excerpts' of cases and judgments which illustrate the topic in a highly educational and informative manner while, at the same time, stimulating in the reader the desire 'to go beyond and further'."
— Jean-Louis Dewost, Président de Section honoraire au Conseil d'Etat; former Director General of the Legal Service of the Council of the European Union, then Director General of the Legal Service of the European Commission (translated from French)