The foundations of European Union law, 7th ed.

Contents:

Part I: Union Institutions
1: Non-judicial institutions
2: The European Court

Part II: The Union Legal System
3: Acts of the Member States
4: Union acts
5: General principles of law
6: Agreements with third countries

Part III: Union Law and the Member States
7: Direct effect and national remedies
8: Supremacy and sovereignty: the Union and the Member States
9: Preliminary references
10: Enforcement actions

Part IV: Administrative Law
11: Reviewable acts
12: Locus standi
13: Failure to act
14: Indirect challenge
15: Review and annulment
16: Union obligations
This book provides a clear and easily understood account of the constitutional and administrative law of the EU. The author examines the institutions, the European Union legal system and the major constitutional issues before moving on to the area of administrative law and remedies including the workings of the European Court and the Court of First Instance.

The Treaty of Lisbon has brought about one of the most important reforms of EU law since the early days of European integration. In addition to significant institutional changes, the Treaty creates a new legal structure that will require lawyers and students of EU law to think in different terms.

This new edition has been thoroughly revised to provide a clear and simple explanation of the basic principles of EU law as they have been recast by the Treaty of Lisbon. The important conceptual and functional changes introduced by the treaty are explained, showing how the new legal principles form a coherent system.