The Oxford Handbook of European Union Law

ISBN-13: 9780199672646 / Angielski / Twarda / 2015 / 950 str.

Anthony Arnull; Damian Chalmers

Opis

Since its formation, the European Union has expanded beyond all expectations; this seems set to continue as more countries seek accession and the scope of EU law expands, touching more and more aspects of its citizens' lives. The EU has never been stronger and yet it now appears to be reaching a crisis point, beset on all sides by conflict and challenges to its legitimacy. Nationalist sentiment is on the rise and the Eurozone crisis has had a deep and lasting impact.

The European Union has the complexity and depth of a mature legal system, albeit one which is constantly in flux and whose content and foundations are constantly contested. Its law has developed beyond the single market and institutional matters into many other fields including environmental, fiscal, labour, immigration and criminal law. It is studied at undergraduate and postgraduate level throughout the Member States and beyond; an understanding of it is essential to those who study the EU from other disciplinary perspectives as well as to legal practitioners and policy-makers.

The Oxford Handbook of European Union Law comprises eight sections examining how we are to conceptualise EU law; the architecture of EU law; making and administering EU law; the economic constitution and the citizen; regulation of the market place; economic, monetary and fiscal union; the Area of Freedom, Security and Justice; and what lies beyond the regulatory state. Each chapter summarises, analyses and reflects on the state of play in a given area, and suggests how it is likely to develop in the foreseeable future. The resulting collection provides a vivid and provocative tapestry which will be widely used both inside and outside academia by those who are interested in the law underpinning the EU and its policies.

O autorze

After studying at the School of European Studies, University of Sussex, and the Institut d'Etudes Europ'eennes, Universit'e Libre de Bruxelles, Anthony Arnull qualified as a solicitor with a 'magic circle' firm in the City of London. He was awarded his doctorate by the University of Leicester in 1988. From 1989 to 1992 he worked at the European Court of Justice in Luxembourg as a r'ef'erendaire in the chambers of Advocate General FG Jacobs. Appointed Professor of European Law at the University of Birmingham in 1991, he became Barber Professor of Jurisprudence in 2008 and served as Head of Birmingham Law School between 2006 and 2009. He is Consultant Editor of the European Law Review, having been its co-editor from 1996 to 2007. He sits on the Advisory Board of the Common Market Law Reports and the comit'e scientifique of the Journal de Droit Europ'een. He has given evidence to a number of UK Parliamentary Select Committees and as Specialist Adviser to the House of Lords EU Committee. After working at the British Institute of International and Comparative Law, Damian Chalmers began his university career at the University of Liverpool. He moved to the London School of Economics and Political Science after taking his bar exams and became a professor in 2006. He was Head of its European Institute between 2007 and 2011 as well as Head of its Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence. He was co-editor of the European Law Review between 2003 and 2009.