Cases & Materials on EU Law

The sixth edition of Cases and Materials on EU Law adresses the demand for an up to date, clear and authoritative collection of cases and materials for this core subject on the LLB. This book equips the student of EU law with a range of materials relevant to the development of the European Union and its policies. It also provides a carefully chosen selection of the major judgements delivered by the European Court over the last forty years and some of the most important pieces of legislation with which the student will need to be familiar. Cases and Materials on EC Law is a well established and popular student choice, based on its reliablity and thorough updating with each new regular edition. The sixth edition will maintain this reputation and incorporate all the major changes taking place in EU law, allowing students easy access to the increasing volume of primary material.Written by one of the country's leading European lawyersThe most authoritative book of its kind on the market - each extract is accompanied by full and in-depth commentary, explanation and questionsThe length of extract is key to student understanding and their ability to engage with European law writings, this collection has the longest extracts of all the texts on the marketFully and regularly updated in terms of new case law, statutory and constitutional developments as well as current themes and issuesNEW TO THIS EDITIONThe 6th edition has been radically restructured to reflect the changes taking place in European law and European law courses respectivelyProposals for treaty reform advanced by the European Convention are examined and integrated throughout the bookTreatment of enforcement issues will be drawn together into the first part of the book to reflect the way this area is taught and a new chapter covering the basic issues of enforcement under the system of dual vigilance will be included, along with a new chapter on the direct effect of Directives, and a new chapter on State liabilityThere will be a new chapter on Article 234 updated in light of the Nice TreatyThe chapters on competition have been updated to reflect the modernisation effected by regulation 1 of 2003In part two of the book there will be a new chapter on European Citizenship and the creation of an area of freedom, justice and securityPart three of the book is completely new material and is given over to harmonisation and common policy making, new forms of governance and concludes with the themes taken up throughout the text of competing theories of European integration, multi-level governance, the nature and purpose of European integration, enlargement and just what it means to talk of a Constitution for EuropeThe format of the book is changing to accomodate a clearer layout and text design to meet market demand.