The authors describe and analyse with great clarity both the economic and social law of the European Union. They focus on the internal and external dimensions of the law governing the operation of the single market; the creation and regulation of the single currency; and the the law of social dimension and other flanking policies.

In todaya s world all claims tend to be founded on or justified by a rightsa, be they political, social, economic or private. The ubiquity of this discourse has led to a blurring of the definition of what exactly constitutes rights, not to mention a blurring of the boundaries between different bundles of rights, their sources and the various institutional practices through which they are a enjoyeda or asserted. Particular attention needs to be paid to the category of a citizenship rightsa . Exactly how are they distinguished from human rights? This volume presents some of the most important...

The papers collected in this volume highlight the complex dynamic relationship between citizenship - as membership status - and the constitutional law which provides the cornerstone of all polities. It shows the many different ways in which we must use constitutional law in order fully to understand how one becomes a citizen, and what the meaning of citizenship is. Edited by a leading authority in the field, this volume contains the key works which cover national, transnational and international aspects of the topic, and the book provides a particular focus on how constitutional law...