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Law of the European Unionis on 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 Court of First Instance, encouraging students to consider real-world applications of the principles of law.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #50246 in Books
• Published on: 2009-08-28
• Binding: Paperback
• 976 pages

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Law of the European Union is on 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 Court of First Instance, encouraging students to consider real world applications of the principles of law.

All chapters in the text have been fully updated and revised for the seventh edition in accordance with the law as at 31st March 2009.  The text includes commentary on the status of the Treaty of Lisbon, following Ireland's initial rejection of the Treaty.  Throughout this new edtion there are detailed explanations of the anticipated changes to be made to the EC Treaty (to be renamed the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union) and the Treaty on the European Union, once the Treaty of Lisbon is ratified and comes into force.

Key features:

• Aims and objectives at the start of each chapter help to focus learning
• Clearly distinguished case summaries encourage students to quickly recognise the key cases and differentiate them from surrounding commentary
• Chapter summaries highlight the main points covered in each chapter, cementing understanding
• Further reading lists at the end of each chapter direct students to subject-specific resources to enrich understanding
• Easy to read, two-colour text design with tabbed glossary and pedagogical features for quick reference
• Marginal cross-references help students understand how the material fits together

John Fairhurst BA PgDip MPhil Solicitor is Associate Dean (Staff and Student Experience), Faculty of Arts, Law and Social Sciences at Anglia Ruskin University. He was previously a Jean Monnet Tutor in EU Law and Course Director of the Diploma of Law (CPE) programme at the University of Huddersfield.

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This text is supported by a mylawchamber website which includes:

For students: regular case and legislation updates, web links, interactive self-test questions, practice assessment questions, an online glossary and flashcards for key terms

For lecturers: a testbank of multiple-choice questions that can be used to assess students’ progress

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Customer Reviews

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Easy Read
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