Product details
- Categories: June 2021, Constitutional and Institutional Law
- Publisher: OUP - Oxford University Press
- ISBN: 9780198864653
- Publication Date: 03/06/2021
- Binding: Paperback
- Number of pages: 608
- Language: English
Summary
Written in a uniquely engaging style, and full of illuminating analyses, this book provides a modern, comprehensive, and critical guide to the study of the constitutional law of the Union. Numerous diagrams and tables clarify key concepts and processes; and a practical appendix helps students to find and read primary and secondary legal sources.
- Comprehensive coverage of the constitutional side of EU law, in a precise and engaging style, guiding students through the subject
- Many useful figures and tables clarify key concepts
- A critical approach helps students to reach a sophisticated understanding of the subject
- Also available as an e-book with functionality, navigation features, and links that offer extra learning support
New to this edition
- A new section on 'mixed administration' in the context of the Union's executive powers
- A revised and expanded section on the 'horizontal effects' of EU fundamental rights
- The discussions of key concepts and the case law have been increased, with updates throughout reflecting the latest legal developments
Table of contents
Part I: Constitutional Foundations
1:Constitutional History: From Paris to Lisbon
2:Constitutional Nature: A Federation of States
3:Governmental Structure: Union Institutions I
4:Governmental Structure: Union Institutions II
5:European Law I: Nature - Direct Effect
6:European Law II: Nature - Primacy/Pre-emption
Part II: Governmental Powers
7:Legislative Powers: Competences and Procedures
8:External Powers: Competences and Procedures
9:Executive Powers: Competences and Procedures
10:Judicial Powers I: (Centralised) European Procedures
11:Judicial Powers II: (Decentralised) National Procedures
12:Limiting Powers: EU Fundamental Rights
Appendices: How to Study European Union Law
1:Constitutional History: From Paris to Lisbon
2:Constitutional Nature: A Federation of States
3:Governmental Structure: Union Institutions I
4:Governmental Structure: Union Institutions II
5:European Law I: Nature - Direct Effect
6:European Law II: Nature - Primacy/Pre-emption
Part II: Governmental Powers
7:Legislative Powers: Competences and Procedures
8:External Powers: Competences and Procedures
9:Executive Powers: Competences and Procedures
10:Judicial Powers I: (Centralised) European Procedures
11:Judicial Powers II: (Decentralised) National Procedures
12:Limiting Powers: EU Fundamental Rights
Appendices: How to Study European Union Law