An Introduction to the EU Legal Order
An Introduction to the EU Legal Order
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Carefully structured and supported with a wealth of examples, Elise Muir provides a clear, concise introduction to the EU legal order. Drawing upon her years of teaching experience, Muir outlines the history of the EU, its key actors, modes of action and its daily relevance. Offering students and instructors an up-to-date textbook, Muir pays attention to the latest developments, including the impacts of Brexit and the Covid-19 crisis. Written for students from a range of disciplines and levels of study, this book explains how the EU legal order works. Muir illuminates the complex and technical areas of EU institutional law through explanatory illustrations, schemes, and textboxes. With this engaging and accessible resource, students will be well-equipped to understand the fundamentals and functioning of the EU legal order.
- Uses a clear and concise structure to illuminate the rules of the EU legal order, which students often find complex and challenging
- Employs numerous up-to-date examples to illustrate the daily relevance of EU institutional law
- Engages students through textboxes, illustrations and schemes explaining key mechanisms and historical developments in the EU legal order
Reviews & endorsements
‘The new textbook on EU law by Elise Muir combines many qualities. It is both concise and comprehensive. It is very clearly written, with the help of useful tables and graphs. It presents the core of the operational system of the European Union, describing how it developed, how the European institutions work, and how European legal rules are made and enforced. The book deserves to be widely read, especially by students and practitioners first approaching EU law.’ Bruno De Witte, Professor of EU law, Maastricht University and European University Institute
‘This is an excellent introduction to EU law. It manages to be both concise and critical offering a clear, intelligent and balanced analysis of the foundations of the Union legal order.’ Takis Tridimas, Professor of European Law, King's College London
Product details
February 2023Hardback
9781108485609
250 pages
250 × 175 × 22 mm
0.71kg
Available
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Table of Contents
- 1. The Foundations of EU Law
- 1.1 European Integration: Objectives, Principles and Values
- 1.2 A Unique Form of Regional Integration
- 1.3 Evolution
- 1.4 The Primary Legal Framework
- 2. The Actors of the EU Integration Process
- 2.1 Member States
- 2.2 EU Citizens
- 2.3 Institutions
- 2.4 Looking Beyond Institutions
- 3. The EU System of Legal Norms
- 3.1 The Primary Legal Framework
- 3.2 The Existence of an EU Competence
- 3.3 The Types of EU Competences
- 3.4 The Exercise of an EU Competence
- 3.5 Sources of Law Derived from the EU Treaties
- 3.6 Procedures for the Adoption of EU Acts
- 4. The Unique Nature of the EU Legal Order
- 4.1 An 'Integrated' Legal Order
- 4.2 Centralised Components of the EU's Decentralised Enforcement Machinery
- 4.3 The EU Is Subject to the Rule of Law
- 4.4 European Integration Is a Process.
