European Union Law in Context

Description

This textbook provides an explanatory and contextual view of EU law and its impact in a simple and easily accessible yet analytical manner. It illustrates the power struggles behind a given EU law act, to allow for full understanding of how it developed. This allows the student to understand EU law as a force in the increasingly globalized world, rather than as technical and doctrinal subject. The textbook begins by setting the scene of EU integration, how we got there and why it is important. Thereafter it explores the constitutional framework for understanding EU law in context and by discussing inter alia, division of competences, accountability, legitimacy, enforcement, human rights, participation rights and so on as well as the general principles of the EU and citizenship rights. Subsequently the textbook explores the essentials of the internal market as well as the principles of competition law. It also discusses free movement rights and links to the growing "Area of Freedom, Security and Justice". Finally the textbook offers fresh insights on the external dimension of EU law and the role of the EU in the world today before concluding with an outlook on the future of EU law including the consequences of events such as Brexit.

Ester Herlin-Karnell is Professor of EU law at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden. Gerard Conway is Senior Lecturer in Law at Brunel University London, United Kingdom. Aravind Ganesh is a researcher at Faculty of Law, Maastricht University, the Netherlands.

This book provides a very promising contextual understanding of the societal and political influences which have shaped EU law as it is now ... the book deserves to be applauded for the very effective contextual approach taken, which is novel to the area of EU law. -- Annegret Engel, Lund University * Nordic Journal of European Law * This is a very well put together book by some leading authors in the field ... the book will be a vital, and up-to-date resource, for the students in the completion of their assessments. -- Professor Paul James Cardwell * City, University of London *