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- Provides students with easy access to useful extracts from cases, articles and relevant texts in a compact and convenient format
- Each extract is supported by insightful author notes and questions, helping students to engage critically with extracts and improve their understanding
- A leading authority on the subject, Stephen Weatherill presents detail with unrivalled clarity
- In addition to providing essential extracts, the book places the law in context and introduces the wider themes and debates which have shaped the evolution of EU law
- Covers both the institutional and substantive law of the EU, including chapters on competition law and discrimination
- Accompanied by an Online Resource Centre which features a range of resources including updates, an interactive map and timeline showing the development of the EU, and archive video footage from the European Commission
New to this edition
- Coverage of the rising prominence of the Charter of Fundamental Rights, including the Court's highly significant rulings in Fransson and Melloni, which dealt with the scope of application of the Charter and its relationship to the supremacy of EU law
- Chapter 8 addresses the shaping of the widened scope for private parties to seek the annulment of EU acts introduced by the Treaty of Lisbon
- Chapter 15 deals with the Court's burgeoning case law on citizenship, including decisions which challenge the need for a cross-border element as an essential trigger to the invocation of EU law
- Chapter 18 pays attention to current trends associated with subsidiarity and enhanced co-operation which, in different ways, reveal increasing discomfort with old-style narratives about ever closer Union
Cases and Materials on EU Law is one of the most well-respected EU law texts available. With his clear and engaging writing style, Stephen Weatherill presents the main constitutional and substantive areas of EU law alongside the themes and principles which have shaped the development of the EU and its policies.
The 11th edition provides a wealth of carefully selected case law and engaging extracts and materials to help explain the complexities of EU law in a contextualised and thought-provoking manner. Insightful author notes and questions accompany each extract, providing valuable additional detail to ensure understanding and encourage students to engage critically with the material.
Readership: Students taking an EU law module as part of the LLB, Graduate Diploma in Law or similar law courses. Also suitable for students taking a graduate course in EU law.
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Part 1: The constitutional law of the EU
1: The evolution of the european union
2: The sources of the law
3: The nature of Union law: supremacy
4: The enforcement of Union law: 'dual vigilance'
5: The direct effect of directives
6: State liability
7: Article 267: The preliminary reference procedure
8: Judicial control of the institutions of the EU
Part 2: Union trade law and policy
9: Law and the economic objectives of the Union
10: Fiscal barriers to trade: Articles 30 and 110 TFEU
11: Physical and technical barriers to trade: Articles 34-36 TFEU
12: Beyond discrimination: Article 34 TFEU
13: The free movement of workers: Article 45 TFEU
14: Freedom of establishment and the free movement of services: Articles 49 and 56 TFEU
15: European citizenship within an area of freedom, security, and justice
16: Competition law and policy
Part 3: Policy-making, governance, and the constitutional debate
17: Harmonization and common policy-making
18: Subsidiarity, flexibility, and new forms of governance
19: What sort of 'Europe'?
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Stephen Weatherill is the Jacques Delors Professor of European Law, Deputy Director for European Law at the Institute of European and Comparative Law at the University of Oxford and a Fellow of Somerville College.
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Review(s) from previous edition
"Weatherill's book of cases and materials is invaluable. It is written in a highly readable style, contains excellent commentary and critical discussion where relevant. - Professor Patricia Park, Southampton Solent University, and CASS Business School, City University
"This is a very well written text which conveys complex material, ideas, commentary and themes in an interesting and student friendly manner. " - Sarah Willis, Senior lecturer in Law, University of Northampton.