EU Law Directions

EU Law Directions is written in an informal and engaging manner with an emphasis on explaining the key topics covered in EU law courses with clarity. No previous knowledge is assumed making this is an ideal main text for those encountering EU law for the first time. The book is logically structured and set out in a way that makes EU law less complicated. The second edition takes in all of the changes resulting from the ratification of the Lisbon Treaty and introduces the new legal framework in clear and simple terms. The book takes you through all the important aspects of EU law needed for degree level study and examination, from the reasons behind the setting up of the European Union in the first place, to the development of very important substantive areas of law now such as European citizenship and the continuing development of the internal market. Online Resource Centre The second edition of EU Law Directions is supported by a comprehensive Online Resource Centre featuring: An interactive timeline showing the key moments in EU legal history Annotated web links Revision material - advice on study and examination techniques Legislation and case updates Video clips Testbank of questions (including questions in text) An additional chapter on Competition Law A supplement for Swedish lecturers written by Dr Ola Zetterquist, Department of Law, Gothenburg University, Sweden

ISBN 0199581592   Weight (grammes) 974 ISBN13 9780199581597 (What's this?)   Published in Oxford Publisher Oxford University Press   Series title Directions Series Imprint Oxford University Press   Previous ISBN 9780199230358 Format Paperback   Height (mm) 263 Publication date 05 Nov 2010   Width (mm) 195 DEWEY 341.2422   Spine width (mm) 25 DEWEY edition DC22   Academic level Tertiary education Pages 456

		Guide to the book
		Guide to the Online Resource Centre
		Table of Cases
		Table of Legislation
		Table of Treaties and Conventions
Part 1		Institutional Law		1
Chapter 1		The establishment and development of the EU		3
		Introduction		4
		Reasons for considering EU history		4
		Explanation of the terms áEuropean Communities' and áEuropean Union'		4
1.1		Why was the Union set up? or the motives for European integration		5
1.1.1		Reaction to the World Wars - the desire for peace		5
1.1.2		Security against the rising Soviet threat		6
1.1.3		Political willingness		6
1.1.4		Economic development		6
1.1.5		Summary of underlying motives and initial goals		7
1.2		The founding of the European Communities		7
1.2.1		The Schuman Plan (1950)		7
1.2.2		The ECSC		8
1.2.3		The proposed European Defence Community and European Political Community		8
1.2.4		Progress to the EEC and Euratom Treaties		8
1.3		The basic objectives and nature of the Communities		9
1.3.1		Was there an ultimate federal goal for the Union?		9
1.3.1.1		Intergovernmentalism, supranationalism and federalism		10
1.3.1.2		Integration in the Communities and EU		10
1.4		Developments following the original Treaties		12
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