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Contents: Historical introduction: From the founding treaties to the treaty establishing a constitution for Europe -- The Constitutional order: The Institutions of the European union -- The Legislative process -- Union competences -- Constitutional foundations: Sources, supremacy and direct effect of union law -- Rights and remedies -- General principles of law -- Fundamental rights -- The Charter of fundamental rights -- European community and European union -- The Treaty establishing a constitution for Europe -- Jurisdiction of the community courts: Judicial architecture and judicial method -- Direct actions -- Preliminary rulings -- The Fundamental rights of union citizens, the internal market and beyond: Customs duties and discriminatory internal taxation -- Quantitative restrictions and measures having equivalent effect -- Union citizenship and the rights to move and reside in the union -- Freedom of movement for workers -- The Right of establishment and the freedom to provide services -- Corporate establishment, cross border acquisitions, company law harmonization, and the effect of national tax rules on the internal market -- Completing the internal market -- Completion policy: Introduction to the rules on competition -- Article 81: cartels and restrictions on competition -- Abuse of dominance: article 82 -- Enforcement of articles 81 and 82 -- Member states, public and entrusted undertakings: article 86 -- State aid.