Understanding European Union Law

Karen Davies, LLB, LLM, Cert Ed, Fellow of the Higher Education Authority, has written and lectured on European Union Law for over 20 years and retains an honorary teaching position at Swansea University, Wales.Maarten van Munster, LLM, is a senior lecturer in European Union Law and Human Rights Law and a researcher at the Multilevel Regulation research group of the Global Governance Centre of Expertise at The Hague University of Applied Sciences in the Netherlands.Isabel Düsterhöft, LLM, MA, is a senior lecturer in international and European Union law and policy at The Hague University of Applied Sciences in the Netherlands, and a visiting lecturer at the University of Hamburg and Leuphana University in Germany.

• Table of Cases Table of Legislation Glossary Abbreviations 1 Introduction 2 The creation of a European Union 3 Who runs the EU? 4 Sources of Union law 5 The relationship between Union law and national legal systems 6 Enforcing Union law 7 Free movement of goods 8 Free movement of persons 9 An introduction to EU competition law 10 Introduction to other areas of EU law: Fundamental rights, equality, the environment 11 Tips for succeeding in assessments

‘This book has proven popular among the students I have taught. They have often commented that the book is a clear and helpful introduction to a subject that may at first appear difficult and daunting.’Professor Jukka Snell, Faculty of Law, University of Turku