EU Law Directions »

Nigel Foster is Jean Monnet Professor of European Law and Deputy Vice Chancellor at the University of Buckingham. He is also Visiting Professor of European Law, Europa Institut, Universitat des Saarlandes, Saarbrucken, Germany. His OUP publications include Foster on EU Law; EU Treaties and Legislation - the best-selling title of the Blackstone's Statute series; Q&A on EC Law; and German Legal System and Laws.

Other publications include Austrian Legal System and Law (Routledge-Cavendish) and EU Law, Text and Materials, with John Tillotson (Routledge-Cavendish) and he has written numerous articles on various aspects of EU Law.

EU Law Directions is written in an informal and engaging manner with an emphasis on explaining the key topics covered in EU law courses with clarity. No previous knowledge is assumed making this is an ideal main text for those encountering EU law for the first time. The book is logically structured and set out in a way that makes EU law less complicated. The second edition takes in all of the changes resulting from the ratification of the Lisbon Treaty and introduces the new legal framework in clear and simple terms.

The book takes you through all the important aspects of EU law needed for degree level study and examination, from the reasons behind the setting up of the European Union in the first place, to the development of very important substantive areas of law now such as European citizenship and the continuing development of the internal market.

Online Resource Centre

The second edition of EU Law Directions is supported by a comprehensive Online Resource Centre featuring:

An interactive timeline showing the key moments in EU legal history Annotated web links Revision material - advice on study and examination techniques Legislation and case updates Video clips Testbank of questions (including questions in text)
An additional chapter on Competition Law A supplement for Swedish lecturers written by Dr Ola Zetterquist, Department of Law, Gothenburg University, Sweden

Pt. 1 Institutional Law

1 The Establishment and Development of the EU

2 The Widening and Deepening of the EU

3 The Union Institutions

4 Community Law: Sources, Forms and Law Making

5 EU Law: Transfer, Competences and Supremacy

Pt. 2 Procedural Law

6 The Preliminary Ruling (Article 234)

7 . ECJ Remedies: Direct and Indirect Effects and State Liability

8 Enforcement Actions against Member States

9 Direct actions before the ECJ

Pt. 3 Substantive Law

10 Free Movement of Goods 1: Tarrif & Tax Barriers

11 Free Movement of Goods 2: Non-Tarrif Barriers

12 Free Movement of Persons

13 Free Movement of Persons 2: European Union Citizenship

14 Sex Discrimination Law