Since 1999, the EU has adopted legislation harmonizing many areas of immigration law, in particular rules on borders, visas, legal migration, and irregular migration. The much-enlarged and fully updated second edition of this book contains the text of and detailed commentary upon every significant measure in this field proposed or adopted up until 1 September 2011. It includes commentary on the EU visa code, the Schengen Borders Code, the Frontex Regulation, the Returns Directive, the Directives on family reunion, long-term residents and single permits for migrant workers, and many more...

Since 1999, the EU has adopted legislation harmonizing many areas of immigration law, in particular rules on borders, visas, legal migration, and irregular migration. The much-enlarged and fully updated second edition of this book contains the text of and detailed commentary upon every significant measure in this field proposed or adopted up until 1 September 2011. It includes commentary on the EU visa code, the Schengen Borders Code, the Frontex Regulation, the Returns Directive, the Directives on family reunion, long-term residents and single permits for migrant workers, and many more...

The Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union enshrines the key political, social, and economic rights of EU citizens and residents under EU law. In its present form, it was approved in 2000 by the European Parliament, the Council of Ministers, and the European Commission. However, its legal status remained uncertain until the entry into force of the Treaty of Lisbon in December 2009. The Charter obliges the EU to act and legislate consistently with the Charter, and enables the EU's courts to strike down EU legislation which contravenes it. The Charter applies to EU Member States...

EU law was initially intended to apply fully to all EU Member States. Increasingly, however, many aspects of EU law apply to only some of those Member States. This book explores this new paradigm of the 'unravelling' of EU law, examining in particular how this applies in the areas of economic and monetary union and justice and home affairs law, and how the general rules on 'enhanced cooperation' within the EU legal system are being applied and should be interpreted. It also analyses the renewed tendency of groups of Member States to negotiate treaties between them which are formally outside...

There is no doubt that the current scrutiny and debate on the UK relationship with the European Union has seen the topic dominate the political landscape. Though the debate about withdrawal or renegotiation will be a primarily political and economic one, either outcome would be defined in substance by a legal process. Inevitably, the answers to key political and economic question will be dependent upon the legal framework. This book will offer a close examination of the legal issues at the core of the UK's relationship with the EU to show how they will inform and influence that relationship's...

Since 1999, the EU has adopted legislation harmonizing many areas of immigration law, in particular rules on borders, visas, legal migration, and irregular migration. The much-enlarged and fully updated second edition of this book contains the text of and detailed commentary upon every significant measure in this field proposed or adopted up until 1 September 2011. It includes commentary on the EU visa code, the Schengen Borders Code, the Frontex Regulation, the Returns Directive, the Directives on family reunion, long-term residents and single permits for migrant workers, and many more...