Kapteyn andamp; VerLoren van Themaat The Law of the European Union
and the European Communities-

with reference to changes to be made by the Lisbon Treaty, 4th edition

This newest edition of the classic standard Introduction to the Law of the
European Communities provides under a new title the most comprehensive and
systematic account available of the law of the EC and the EU and#8211; including
(unusual for surveys of European law) detailed description and commentary on
the Economic and Monetary Union. The new edition covers developments up to the
beginning of 2008, and each chapter includes some indication of the major
changes which will take place if and when the Treaty of Lisbon enters into
force.

The Fourth Edition embraces many new, ongoing and emerging European legal
issues. All the topics constantly debated in European legal theory and
practice are touched on here in ways that are both fundamental and
enlightening, including:

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  the European and#8216;constitution,and#8217; accession, citizenship;
  


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  the principles of equality, loyalty, subsidiarity and proportionality;
  


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  powers of the Council, Commission and European Parliament;
  


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  decision-making, legal instruments, harmonization, finances;
  


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  role of the European Court of Justice, relationship between Community law and
  national law;
  


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  free movement of persons, goods, services and capital;
  


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  cartels, abuse of dominant position, merger control, State aids;
  


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  EMU, social policy, equal pay and equal treatment;
  


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  environmental policy, consumer protection, public health, cultural policy,
  education;
  


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  agriculture, transport, energy;
  


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  external relations.
  

The many practitioners and scholars who have relied on the predecessors of
this definitive work for years will welcome this extensively revised and
updated edition. Those coming to the field for the first time will instantly
recognize that they are in the presence of a masterwork that can always be
turned to with profit.