The Court of Justice has delivered an extensive body of case law concerning the obligation of domestic courts to provide effective judicial protection to claimants relying upon Community law rights - including such landmark judgments as Factortame and Francovich. This book offers a critical analysis of the Court's fast-changing approach to UK procedural autonomy and explores the difficult conceptual framework underpinning the case law. The author demonstrates how Community intervention in the domestic systems of judicial protection cannot remain unaffected by wider debates about the evolving...

The assumption that member states of the European Union enjoyed exclusive competence over social provision has been shaken by the realization that they are now -semi-sovereign welfare states- whose policy choices are subject to increasing scrutiny under Community law. This book seeks to take stock of how Community membership is reshaping the legal environment of welfare provision across Europe. Topics covered include: the evolving economic and governance debates about Community intervention in social rights; the relationship between public services and Community competition and state aids...