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An Introduction to the EU Legal Order

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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.

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  • Uses a clear and concise structure to illuminate the rules of the EU legal order, which students often find complex and challenging
  • Employs numerous up-to-date examples to illustrate the daily relevance of EU institutional law
  • Engages students through textboxes, illustrations and schemes explaining key mechanisms and historical developments in the EU legal order
Author: Muir Elise
Publisher: CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS
Pages: 304
ISBN: 9781108707404
Cover: Paperback
Edition Number: 1
Release Year: 2023

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.

Professor Elise Muir is Head of the Department for International and European Law of the Faculty of Law of KU Leuven, where she teaches introductory as well as advanced courses on the EU Legal Order. She is also a Visiting Professor at the College of Europe, Bruges. She has published extensively in the field of EU law, including EU Equality Law: The First Fundamental Rights Policy of the EU (2018). Her research has received a Starting Grant from the European Research Council, as well as scientific prizes (Edmond Hustinx, 2012).

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