Product details
- Categories: For Students and Practitioners, Constitutional and Institutional Law
- Publisher: HART PUBLISHING
- ISBN: 9781509909148
- Publication Date: 17/05/2018
- Binding: Paperback
- Number of pages: 368
- Language: English
Summary
The third edition of this acclaimed book continues the story of the EU's
constitutional journey. The EU's constitution, composed of myriad legal
texts, case law and practice, is no less of a moving target than before
and the pace of change has, if anything, increased since the
publication of the second edition. In a constantly challenging
geopolitical context, the EU faces unprecedented political, economic and
cultural trials, all of which impact upon the evolution of its
constitution. In particular, the migration crisis has given rise to the
need for substantial revision of the chapter dealing with the area of
freedom, security and justice, and the institutional reforms embarked
upon in the quest to restore financial order have taken a more
structured form following the inception of a European banking union.
Fully
updated to include the ramifications of Brexit, the book succeeds –
where others have struggled – in making sense of the EU's complex
constitutional order, focusing on its essential features but taking into
account the profound changes that have taken place over the past 20
years. The EU has become much more than an internal economic market.
Recently it may even be argued that the focus of action has been in
areas such as immigration and third-country nationals, security and
defence policy, and penal law and procedure, and the work towards
creating a European banking union underlines the continued need to
monitor economic and fiscal policy.
Eschewing too much detail,
the authors underline the essential values, principles and objectives of
the integration regime as well as its basic normative structure and
hierarchy. In this context, the decentralised nature of the EU is
highlighted as an integral part of its constitutional make-up. Recurring
themes include European citizenship, fundamental rights and the rule of
law. The book also confronts head-on the problems and challenges facing
the Union and the gap which is often perceived between lofty ideals and
harsh realities.
The book will be useful to students of EU law
and European integration but will also appeal to a broader audience of
researchers and practitioners, including political scientists.