Publisher's Synopsis
This text seeks to demystify European Community Law by placing it within a UK context wherever possible to demonstrate the importance of European institutions as a source of domestic law. Community topics are illustrated as far as possible by decisions of the ECJ referred by UK courts, and each major area of substantive law is explored by way of its implementation in the UK. The first section focuses on the institutions and general principles of EC law in some depth while sections two to four focus on the main principles of substantive law: the free movement of persons and services, and rights of establishment; the free movement of goods; and competition law. - New sections added to accommodate the anticipated coming into force of the Treaty of Nice including implications of the Treaty for an enlarged Community and the current timetable for enlargement to possibly 21 Member States in 2004. - Consideration of Europe's role in a globalised world post-September 11.;- Extensive discussion of new caselaw including a new and possibly defining case on European citizenship (Grzelczyk, case C-184/99) - New case on the definition of 'worker' (Ghislain Leclere, case C-43/99) - New case on permissible restrictions of the free movement of services (Geraets-Smits, case C-157/99) - New case on current or future threat to public policy in the context of free movement of persons - New case on whether restrictions on the advertising of alcohol in one Member State comprise a restriction on the free movement of goods - New cases in competition law discussing whether state subsideies of renewable energy sources comprise an anti-competitive measure and whether the network of agreements between a wholesaling brewery and its tenants is anti-competitive. - Updated statistics throughout. - Fully integrated with companion website to keep the book's contents up to date and relevant. - Internet references in the book fully updated and new sites identified and incorporated where appropriate. - Covers both EC law and substantive law in one volume.
