Subjects:

EU Law

Contents:

Preface

Table of cases

Table of articles

List of abbreviations

Table of equivalences

PART I: INTRODUCING THE EUROPEAN UNION

Studying the Law of the European Union

Evolving From Community to Union

The Unfinished Union: The Treaty of Maastricht and beyond

PART II:THE INSTITUTIONAL AND CONSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK OF THE EUROPEAN UNION

The Institutions of the European Union

The Evolving EU Constitutional Framework

PART III: THE EUROPEAN UNION AND ITS INSTITUTIONS AT WORK

The legal and constitutional dimensions of policy-making in the European Union

Legislative, administrative and budgetary procedures

The Implementation and Enforcement of EU law

PART IV: VALUES AND PRINCIPLES IN THE EUROPEAN UNION CONSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK

Fundamental Rights and General Principles of Law

Citizenship and the European Union

PART V: THE EU LEGAL ORDER AND THE NATIONAL LEGAL ORDERS

Article 234 EC - The Organic Connection Between National Courts and the Court of Justice

EU Law and the Legal Systems of the Member States

The National Dimension: Domestic Remedies for Breach of EC Law and National Reactions to the Challenge

PART VI: THE JUDICIAL CONTROL OF THE EU INSTITUTIONS

Introduction to the Judicial Control of the EU Institutions

Judicial Review of the Acts of the Institutions

Judicial Control of Failure to Act

Non-Contractual Liability and Compensation for Loss Caused by the EU

Bibliography

Index

A new and fully updated edition of Jo Shaw's popular textbook, Law of the European Union provides an account of the constitutional principles and legal institutions of the European Union. Written in an easy-to-understand and engaging style, the book assumes no prior knowledge. It places EU law in its context, examining its relationship with the national legal systems and national constitutions, as well as the role of the EU within a wider global order.

This much anticipated new edition is completely up-to-date after the coming into force of the Treaty of Amsterdam and fully updated in all areas of coverage. It covers the 2000 Intergovernmental Conference, the Convention drafting a Fundamental Rights Charter for the EU, the resignation of the Commission in March 1999 and the programme for reforming the Commission. Two new chapters deal with values and principles in the EU constitutional framework, and at the end of most chapters can be found lists of relevant websites for further reading.