Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents: European integration and the treaty on European Union -- Constitutionalism and the 'failure' of the constitutional treaty -- The EU institutions -- Community law-making -- Sovereignty and federalism : the authority of EU law and its limits -- Fundamental rights -- Judicial relations in the European Union -- Accountability in the European Union -- The enforcement of European law -- Judicial review : the legal accountability of the community institutions -- The single market -- Economic and monetary union -- Union citizenship -- EU law and non-EU nationals -- Free movement of goods and the economic constitution -- The pursuit of an occupation in another member state -- Free movement of services -- Financial services -- Trade restrictions and public goods -- Discrimination law -- EC competition law : functions and enforcement -- Restrictive practices -- Abuse of a dominant position -- Merger policy -- State regulation and EC competition law.