Written in a clear and direct style, each chapter offers a detailed treatment of a particular topic, explaining key principles and concepts and illustrating their development through significant case law. Extensive references assist in guiding research and further reading. Part One outlines the historical development of the EU Treaties from their origins to the present day, including detail on Ireland's accession and approach to the various amending treaties. The role and functions of the main EU institutions are explained in Part Two, while Part Three develops an understanding of the sources of EU law, EU competence, supremacy, direct effect and national procedural autonomy. The various legal remedies available as against Member States for failing to adhere to EU law, or the EU for breaching legal principles, are detailed in Part Four. Part Five deals with the Internal Market, the Customs Union and the free movement of goods, services and establishment. Citizenship and the free movement of persons are explained in Part Six, while Part Seven covers the free movement of capital and Economic and Monetary Union, with an emphasis on Irish perspectives of EMU.

About the Author
Trevor Redmond LL.B, M.Phil, LL.M., Ph.D, B.L. is a barrister currently working in the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, including in the area of EU law. He has lectured in a number of institutions and is the author of People, States and Hope: Cosmopolitanism and the Future of International Law (2012).


Book Information
ISBN 9781911611172
Author Dr Trevor Redmond
Format Paperback
Page Count 500
Imprint Clarus Press Ltd
Publisher Clarus Press Ltd