This volume covers the development of the EC and EU, the institutions and their functions, the relationship between EC law and national law, the law of the internal market, and competition law. It also examines the social dimension of the European Union.

Law of the European Union (formerly European Community Law) covers in a single volume the development of the EC and EU, the institutions and their functions, the relationship between EC law and national law, the law of the internal market (free movement of goods, persons, services and capital) and competition law. The book also examines the social dimension (the Social Chapter, equality of pay and treatment, environmental and other policies). The third edition responds to the significant changes made by the Treaty of Amsterdam, not least the renumbering of all the Treaty provisions. 'Third pillar' areas relating to criminal justice will be brought under the sphere of legal control. There will be an update to subsidiarity issues to take account of the Protocol on Subsidiarity and the Working Time Directive case. Substantial developments in state liability (Brasserie du Pecheur/Factortame, Hedley Lomas) have been recorded. Additionally, progress made on harmonisation of IP law, economic and monetary union, and the social chapter, is described.

Preface
Abbreviations
Tables of: Community treaties
UK statutes
Secondary legislation Cases in the Court of Justice and the Court of First Instance
Cases before the national courts
Commission decisions PART 1: THE DECISION MAKING PROCESS IN THE COMMUNITY 1 The historical background to the European Community
2 The institutions of the EC
3 The sources of Community law
4 General principles of law
5 The supremacy of Community law
6 The principles of direct applicability and direct effect
7 Actions against member states
8 Judicial review
9 Contractual and non-contractual liability of the Community
10 Preliminary rulings under Article 234
PART 2: FREE MOVEMENT WITHIN THE SINGLE MARKET 11 Customs duties and discriminatory internal taxation
12 Quantitative restrictions and measures having equivalent effect
13 State monopolies of a commercial character
14 The free movement of workers
15 The right of establishment and the freedom to provide services
16 Social security
17 Capital movements and economic and monetary union
PART 3: COMPETITION LAW AND POLICY 18 Introduction to competition
19 Article 81
20 Article 82
21 Articles 81 and 82: enforcement and procedure
22 Intellectual property
23 Competition law and state regulation
PART 4: THE SOCIAL DIMENSION 24 Social policy
25 Equality of pay and treatment
26 Other policies with a social dimension
PART 5: THE FUTURE 27
The future of the European Union
Appendix 1: Where to find the law
Appendix 2: Bibliography