EU Energy Law

Angus Johnston is a CUF Lecturer and a Fellow in Law at University College, Oxford. Between 1997-8, he was a Lecturer at the Institute for Anglo-American Law at the University of Leiden. He was a Fellow and Director of Studies in Law at Trinity Hall, Cambridge from 1999 and University Lecturer from 2004 and then Senior Lecturer at Cambridge University from 2008 until his appointment in Oxford in 2010. He has been a visitor to Harvard Law School and the Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Private Law in Hamburg. He is also an affiliated lecturer at Cambridge University and at the Jacobs University, Bremen. Dr Guy Block is Head of the Energy and Transport Law Department at Janson Baugniet in Brussels. He has more than 25 years of experience in the energy sector. He acts frequently before Belgian civil and administrative courts, Arbitration instiutions, European Court of Justice, and European Court of Human Rights. He is a national and international arbitrator.

• PART 1: BACKGROUND ; 1. Introduction and the General Context of the EU and its Treaties ; 2. The Evolution of the EU's Energy Legislation: An Outline ; PART II: STATE OF EU LAW ON THE LIBERALISATION OF ENERGY MARKETS AFTER THE THIRD PACKAGE ; 3. Unbundling ; 4. Third Party Access ; 5. Regulatory Authorities and European Cooperation ; 6. Trans-European Energy Networks ; 7. Consumer Protection and Public Service Obligations ; 8. Liberalization and Energy Contracts ; PART III: 'ENERGY SECURITY' AND 'SECURITY OF SUPPLY' ; 9. Introduction to Energy Security and Security of Supply ; 10. EU Legislation on Security of Supply ; 11. Cross-European Initiatives ; PART IV: ENERGY SOURCES ; 12. Renewables ; 13. Coal ; 14. Nuclear ; 15. Oil ; PART V: ENERGY EFFICIENCY IN THE EUROPEAN UNION ; 16. Introduction to Energy Efficiency in the European Union ; 17. EU Legislation, Policy Instruments, and Proposals

`By and large, the book is a lucid exposition of EU energy law and policy as it developed and as it is, in the light of the Third Enegry Package and directives required to be implemented by 3rd March 2011. it is highly recommended for lawyers, energy market professionals, students, academics engaged in or interested in EU energy law and policy. It is also a very useful textbook for understanding EU energy law and policy which should be available in libraries, especially within the EU.'Tade Oyewunmi, Oil, Gas & Energy Law Intelligence