Law of the European Union is at the cutting edge of developments in this dynamic area of the law. It explores the EU's constitutional and administrative law, as well as the major areas of substantive EU law. Topics are extensively illustrated with decisions from the European Court of Justice and the General Court (the renamed Court of First Instance), encouraging students to consider real world applications of the principles of law.
Professor John Fairhurst BA PgDip MPhil Solicitor is Head of the Law School at Birmingham City University. John was previously Head of the Law School and Associate Dean (Faculty of Arts, Law and Social Sciences) at Anglia Ruskin University. He is a former Jean Monnet Tutor in EU Law and GDL (CPE) Course Director (at the University of Huddersfield).
Part 1: Constitutional and Administrative Law of the European Union
1. An introduction to the European Union
2. Sources of Union law
3. Union institutions and related bodies
4. The decision-making process
5. The Court of Justice of the European Union
6. Preliminary ruling jurisdiction of the Court of Justice (Article 267 TFEU)
7. Direct actions against Member States (Articles 258-260 TFEU)
8. Judicial review of acts of Union institutions
9. Principles of supremacy, direct effect, indirect effect and state liability
10. Applying Union law in the English Courts and adapting English remedies to the requirements of Union law
Part 2: The free movement of persons and services, and freedom of establishment
11. European Union citizenship and free movement rights
12. Free movement of workers
13. Freedom of establishment and the provision and receipt of services
14. Social security
15. Limitations on the free movement of persons
16. Free movement rights in the United Kingdom
Part 3: The free movement of goods
17. Customs duties and internal taxation
18. The elimination of quantitative restrictions and measures having an equivalent effect
Part 4: Union competition law
19. State monopolies and state aid
20. Cartels and restrictive agreements: Article 101 TFEU
21. Abuse of a dominant position and mergers: Article 102 TFEU
22. Enforcement of Union competition law: powers and procedures