The Oxford Handbook of European Union Law

Since its formation the European Union has expanded beyond all expectations, and this expansion seems set to continue as more countries seek accession and the scope of EU law expands, touching more and more aspects of its citizens' lives. The EU has never been stronger and yet it now appears to be reaching a crisis point, beset on all sides by conflict and challenges to its legitimacy. Nationalist sentiment is on the rise and the Eurozone crisis has had a deep and lasting impact. EU law, always controversial, continues to perplex, not least because it remains difficult to analyze. What is the EU? An international organization, or a federation? Should its legal concepts be measured against national standards, or another norm?

The Oxford Handbook of EU Law illuminates the richness and complexity of the debates surrounding the law and policies of the EU. Comprising eight sections, it examines how we are to conceptualize EU law; the architecture of EU law; making and administering EU law; the economic constitution and the citizen; regulation of the market place; economic, monetary, and fiscal union; the Area of Freedom, Security, and Justice; and what lies beyond the regulatory state. Each chapter summarizes, analyses, and reflects on the state of play in a given area, and suggests how it is likely to develop in the foreseeable future. Written by an international team of leading commentators, thisOxford Handbook creates a vivid and provocative tapestry of the key issues shaping the laws of the European Union.

Anthony Arnull, Barber Professor of Jurisprudence, University of Birmingham,Damian Chalmers,Professor of EU Law, London School of Economics and Political Science

After studying at the School of European Studies, University of Sussex, and the Institut d'Etudes Europeennes, Universite Libre de Bruxelles, Anthony Arnull qualified as a solicitor with a 'magic circle' firm in the City of London. He was awarded his doctorate by the University of Leicester in 1988. From 1989 to 1992 he worked at the European Court of Justice in Luxembourg as a referendaire in the chambers of Advocate General FG Jacobs. Appointed Professor of European Law at the University of Birmingham in 1991, he became Barber Professor of Jurisprudence in 2008 and served as Head of Birmingham Law School between 2006 and 2009. He is Consultant Editor of the European Law Review, having been its co-editor from 1996 to 2007. He sits on the Advisory Board of the Common Market Law Reports and the comite scientifique of the Journal de Droit Europeen. He has given evidence to a number of UK Parliamentary Select Committees and acted as Specialist Adviser to the House of Lords EU Committee.

After working at the British Institute of International and Comparative Law, Damian Chalmers began his university career at the University of Liverpool. He moved to the London School of Economics and Political Science after taking his bar exams and became a professor in 2006. He was Head of its European Institute between 2007 and 2011 as well as Head of its Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence. He was co-editor of the European Law Review between 2003 and 2009.