Details
New edition of a leading single volume treatise on the jurisprudence of the ECJ
Discussion of key issues of the Court's jurisdiction, direct effect, remedies, and fundamental freedoms
Analyses the role reserved for the Court under the Union's new Constitutional Treaty
Readership: Legal academics, postgraduate and undergraduate law students and other readers interested in the development of the uropean Union and the role of the Court in the EU
The Court and its jurisdiction
1: Europe's Judges
2: Infringement Proceedings
3: The Action for Anulment
4: The Preliminary Rulings Procedure
5: The judicial architecture of the Union
The Court and the legal order
6: Treaty provisions and National Law
7: Direct effect and Community acts
8: Direct effect, primacy and the national courts
9: European Rights, National Remedies
10: General Principles of Law and Fundamental Rights
The Court and the substansive law
11: The free movement of goods
12: The free movement of workers
13: The right of establishment and freedom to provide services
14: Towards citizenship
15: Equal treatment for men and women
The Court and its general approach
16: Interpretation and the limits of lieralism
17: The normative status of the case law
18: Judging Europe's Judges
Select bibliography
Index
Anthony Arnull, Professor of European Law and Director of the Institute of European Law, University of Birmingham
"This highly readable book manages to demonstrate just how important the role of the Court has been in constructing the Unions legal order. In doing so, the book draws on the authors impressive breadth of knowledge of the case law, the Court and of EU law in general." - International and Comparative Law Quarterly
"an excellent book on the European Court of Justice, and, due to both its clarity and in-depth analysis, it will be of interest to students, academics and practitioners alike" - European Law Review
"This thoroughly researched book provides a solid history of the ECJ and its methods Arnull covers each subject in detailwhile at the same time guiding the reader through a larger framework. Arnull outlines the development of each concept from its beginnings to the present stage clearly and concisely. The comprehensive style and structure of Arnulls writing makes the book easily accessible to the reader" - European Business Organization Law Review
"Anthony Arnull is to be commended for bringing forward such an accessible text that focuses on the huge significance of the ECJ across the entire ambit of community law and policy. It is essential reading for all who have an interest in European Union law" - Journal of Common Market Studies
"In this short review, it is only possible to emphasise a few of the book's particular qualities. One is the writer's ability to explain with great clarity some of the most complex and frequently recurring issues in EC law..Another ..is its analysis of how the Court operates." - European Law Review
"..this thoroghly researched book provides a solid history of the ECJ and its methods, the legal framework in which it operates and the Court's contribution to the defintion and development of the scope of substantive law. Arnull covers each subject in detail, often quoting long passages from individual judgments, while at the same time guiding the reader through a larger framework. Arnull outlines the development of each concept from its beginnings to the present stage clearly and concisely. The comprehensive style and structure of Arnull's writing makes the book easily accessible to the reader. Its additional use as a reference work is facilitated by the clear structure and the substantial index tables.'" - European Business Organization Law Review
