European Union Law

Written by experts, this innovative textbook offers students a relevant, contextual account of EU law. Under the experienced editorship of Catherine Barnard and Steve Peers, the text draws together a range of expert contributors for a rich understanding of each area of the EU law curriculum and to introduce students to key debates in the subject.
Key features:
- Unique multi-contributor text, drawing together experts in the field to provide an introduction to the key principles and perspectives of EU law.
- Written and edited by an experienced team of academics, teachers, and practitioners from across Europe.
- An engaging writing style and clear structure ensures every chapter is accessible for students with no prior knowledge of EU law, while still dealing with complex issues and debates to support further study and assessment preparation.
- Critical case studies are included throughout the book, illustrating how EU law functions in practice and presenting a distillation of the key cases to help prepare students for exams and further study.
- Broad coverage ensures the text is suitable for all undergraduate EU law courses, including comprehensive coverage of institutional EU law and the four freedoms, as well as chapters on more specialized areas such as competition law, EU criminal law, and health law.
- Diagrams help students understand complex processes and structures within the EU.
- Also available as an e-book with functionality, navigation features, and links that offer extra learning support.
New to this edition:
- New citizenship and rule of law cases.
- Coverage of the EU Pact on Migration and Asylum.
- Expanded coverage of the digital single market.
- More on the development of the principle of the autonomy of the EU and its values.
- Updates on Brexit, including the 'reset' of EU/UK relations.

Catherine Barnard is Professor of European Law at the University of Cambridge, and fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge. She specializes in European Union law, labour and discrimination law, and competition law.
Steve Peers is an expert on the European Union. He is a Professor in the School of Law at Royal Holloway, University of London. He is also the author of the popular blog eulawanalysis.blogspot.co.uk which offers his, and a variety of well-respected contributors', views on all the key developments in EU law.

- 1: Catherine Barnard and Steve Peers: Introduction
- 2: Paul Craig: Development of the EU
- 3: Steve Peers: The EU's political institutions
- 4: Robert Schütze: Constitutionalism and the European Union
- 5: Kieran St. C. Bradley: Legislating in the European Union
- 6: Michal Bobek: The effects of EU law in the national legal systems
- 7: Bruno de Witte: EU law: is it international law?
- 8: Herwig C. H. Hofmann: General principles of EU law and EU administrative law
- 9: Eleanor Spaventa: Fundamental rights in the European Union
- 10: Albertina Albors-Llorens: Judicial protection before the Court of Justice of the European Union
- 11: Jukka Snell: The internal market and the philosophies of market integration
- 12: Martin Martínez Navarro: Free movement of goods
- 13: Catherine Barnard: Free movement of natural persons and citizens
- 14: Catherine Barnard and Jukka Snell: Free movement of legal persons and the provision of services
- 15: Leo Flynn: Free movement of capital
- 16: Niamh Nic Shuibhne: Exceptions to the free movement rules
- 17: Alison Jones: Competition law
- 18: Okeoghene Odudu and Albert Sanchez-Graells: Public Services
- 19: Alicia Hinarejos: Economic and monetary union
- 20: Mia Rönnmar and Jenny Julén Votinius : Labour and equality law
- 21: Tamara Hervey: EU health law
- 22: Elisa Morgera, Kati Kulovesi and Seita Vesa: Environmental law
- 23: Geraint Howells and Jonathon Watson: European Union consumer law
- 24: András Csúri: EU criminal law
- 25: Steve Peers: Immigration and asylum
- 26: Geert De Baere: EU external action
- 27: Steve Peers and Darren Harvey: Brexit