Publisher's Synopsis
This advanced, detailed guide provides a comprehensive review of laws and policies of the European Union. Chapter 1 looks at the history, growth, and future of the European Union. Chapters 2 and 3 focus on critical EU processes behind lawmaking and litigation. Chapter 4 examines the free movement of goods, services, capital, and people, while Chapter 5 covers a broad selection of internal EU legal regimes, ranging from taxation to agriculture.
The EU's complex external trade and customs law is analyzed in Chapter 6. Antitrust law and business agreements are covered in Chapter 7. Comparisons with NAFTA are made throughout. The Treaty on European Union and the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, along with the EU Charter of Fundamental Freedoms, are reproduced in Appendices.
