An Introduction to the EU Legal Order

Employs rich examples and illustrations to provide a clear, concise introduction to the rules and significance of the EU legal order.

Elise Muir (Author)

9781108707404, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 9 February 2023

250 pages
24.4 x 16.9 x 1.7 cm, 0.56 kg

'This is an excellent introduction to EU law. It manages to be both concise and critical offering a clear, intelligent and balanced analysis of the foundations of the Union legal order.' Takis Tridimas, Professor of European Law, King's College London

Carefully structured and supported with a wealth of examples, Elise Muir provides a clear, concise introduction to the EU legal order. Drawing upon her years of teaching experience, Muir outlines the history of the EU, its key actors, modes of action and its daily relevance. Offering students and instructors an up-to-date textbook, Muir pays attention to the latest developments, including the impacts of Brexit and the Covid-19 crisis. Written for students from a range of disciplines and levels of study, this book explains how the EU legal order works. Muir illuminates the complex and technical areas of EU institutional law through explanatory illustrations, schemes, and textboxes. With this engaging and accessible resource, students will be well-equipped to understand the fundamentals and functioning of the EU legal order.

1. The Foundations of EU Law
1.1 European Integration: Objectives, Principles and Values
1.2 A Unique Form of Regional Integration
1.3 Evolution
1.4 The Primary Legal Framework
2. The Actors of the EU Integration Process
2.1 Member States
2.2 EU Citizens
2.3 Institutions
2.4 Looking Beyond Institutions
3. The EU System of Legal Norms
3.1 The Primary Legal Framework
3.2 The Existence of an EU Competence
3.3 The Types of EU Competences
3.4 The Exercise of an EU Competence
3.5 Sources of Law Derived from the EU Treaties
3.6 Procedures for the Adoption of EU Acts
4. The Unique Nature of the EU Legal Order
4.1 An 'Integrated' Legal Order
4.2 Centralised Components of the EU's Decentralised Enforcement Machinery
4.3 The EU Is Subject to the Rule of Law
4.4 European Integration Is a Process.

Subject Areas: International organisations & institutions [LBBU], Law [L], EU & European institutions [JPSN2]