With the rejection of the Constitutional Treaty in French and Dutch referenda, the European Union received a severe blow. This precipitated a period of reflection. How far should the fundamental principles that shape the Union be re-assessed in the light of the Constitutional debate? Can the Constitutional Treaty be rescued from failure? If not what other options for constitutional reform are available? Does the Treaty's rejection signal the failure of the Union's goal of democratic governance?
The essays in this volume examine the impact of the debate surrounding the future of the...

This edited collection explores the legal foundations of the single market project in Europe, and examines the legal concepts and constructs which underpin its operation.

This book, to which an internationally distinguished group of scholars has contributed, examines the future of labor law from a wide variety of perspectives. Issues covered include the ideology of New Labour law; the employment relationship; the public/private divide; termination of employment; equality law; corporate governance; collective bargaining; workers' participation; strikes; international labor standards; the role of EU law; the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights; labor law and development in Southern Africa; and the impact of globalization. The essays are written in honor of the...

This collection explores the legal foundations of the single market project in Europe, and examines the legal concepts and constructs which underpin its operation. While an apparently well-trodden area of EU law, such is the rapid evolution of the European Court's case law that confusion persists as to the meaning of core concepts. The approach adopted is a thematic one, with each theme being explored in the context of the different freedoms. The themes coveredinclude dicrimination, horizontality, mutual recognition, market access, pre-emption and harmonization, enforcement, mandatory...

The Cambridge Yearbook of European Legal Studies series provides a forum for the scrutiny of significant issues in EU law, the law of the Council of Europe, and comparative law with a 'European' dimension - particularly those issues which have come to the fore during the year preceding volume publication. The contributions appearing in the collection are commissioned by the Centre for European Legal Studies (CELS) Cambridge, a research center in the law faculty of the University of Cambridge specializing in European legal issues. The papers presented are all at the cutting edge of the fields...

This new edition of EU Employment Law provides a complete revision and update of the leading English language text in the field. The coverage in the new edition has been expanded with material on all the latest developments, incorporating the changes made by the Lisbon Treaty; the EU2020 strategy; the Charter of Fundamental Rights; the 'Article 19 Directives'; the Temporary Agency Work Directive; the revisions to the existing including the Directives on Parental Leave and European Works Council; and the new Social Security Regulations 883/2004. It also analyses the ever-expanding body of...