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TP Kennedy is Director of Education at the Law School, The Law Society of Ireland Dermot Cahill is a Lecturer at the Law School University College, Dublin Vincent Power is a Partner at A & L Goodbody

This new edition of European Law has been restructured to include recent developments in the area of EU Law. It covers all important new cases and legislation whilst developing existing topics. The competition law section has been expanded, covering the area of public sector competition and including the recent changes in the area of mergers. Other new initiatives in the area of private law are also outlined. New material is introduced in the form of a new section on Litigation before the European Courts with specific reference to the Article 234 reference procedure.

1 Introduction 1

2 An overview of the free movement of persons, services, establishment and goods 20

3 Direct effect and state liability 68

4 European law, litigation and the ECJ 108

5 Introduction to competition law 138

6 Anti-competitive agreements - Article 81 of the EC Treaty 158

7 Abuse of a dominant position - Article 82 176

8 The member state and its role in the economy - Article 86 206

9 Mergers 219

10 Procedural and enforcement aspects of EC competition law 229

11 State aid 242

12 Public procurement 250

13 European private international law 262

14 General and exclusive jurisdictional rules in the EU 265

15 Special and procedural jurisdictional rules in the EU 284

16 Recognition and enforcement of judgments in the EU 310

17 Choice of law rules 319

App. 1 Commercial agents regulations 328

App. 2 Competition law and mergers 337

App. 3 Private international law 395

Index 441