Includes index

Contents: From EEC to EU: a brief history of the development of the union -- Institutions of the union: composition and powers -- Scope of the EC treaty: laws and lawmaking -- Principle of supremacy of EC law -- Principles of direct applicability and direct effects -- General principles of law -- Framework for enforcement -- Remedies in national courts -- State liability -- The Preliminary rulings procedure -- Enforcement actions -- Direct action for annulment -- Action for failure to act -- Community liability in tort: action for damages -- Introduction to internal market -- Harmonisation -- Free movement of payments and capital -- Customs union -- Free movement of goods -- Derogation from the free movements of goods -- Citizenship: right of free movement and residence -- Economic rights: workers, establishment, and services -- Free movement: social rights -- Right to receive services -- Free movement of persons: limitations on grounds of public policy, public security, or public health -- The Area of freedom, security, and justice: EU home affairs law and policy -- Discrimination -- Introduction to competition policy -- Element of competition law in the internal market -- Intellectual property rights and the internal market -- Restriction on state aid.