Damian Chalmers, Christos Hadjiemmanuil, Giorgio Monti, Adam Tomkins

This student textbook provides a comprehensive survey of European Union law exploring EU institutions, legislative and administrative processes and substantive law. Individual areas examined include free movement of goods and services, competition law, fundamental rights, EC constitutionalism, questions of freedom, security and justice. It studies the single market, economic and monetary union and EC financial services law. Taking an innovative approach, it places EU law in its policy, political and economic context. With case law and legislation extracts throughout, this is essential reading for all students of the subject.

Jean-Claude Piris

Piris provides an in-depth legal analysis of the Constitutional Treaty which, if ratified by the 25 EU Member States, would govern the European Union. He argues that, despite its ratification being rejected by the French and the Netherlands referenda in 2005, the Treaty should not be discarded as it will inevitably be the point of departure for the future of European integration. He places this analysis in an historical and political context and explains the origin, meanings and legal and political effects of all proposed changes to the present treaties.

Stefano Giubboni

Giubboni provides a timely and innovative account of the development of European labour and social security law in its interrelationship with the evolution of market integration in the European Union. Viewing European labour law from the perspective of the construction of the internal market, Giubboni systematically examines the ways in which social rights and economic freedoms are intertwined.

Edited by Mireille Delmas-Marty, J. R. Spencer

Leading scholars describe and discuss criminal procedure in England, Belgium, France, Germany and Italy, providing up-to-date analyses of the main differences and similarities of each system in historical context. They examine the accusatorial and inquisitorial traditions, cross influences between the two traditions, and current pressures for harmonisation. Extended essays include public prosecutors, the rights of victims and defendants, evidence, negotiated justice, and media influence. This will interest academics and postgraduates in criminal law; comparative, EU and human rights lawyers; and lawyers interested in European harmonisation and in reforming criminal procedure.

General editor Klaus J. Hopt, W. Rainer Walz, Thomas von Hippel, Volker Then

The aim of the European Foundation Project is to develop the legislative draft for the legal form of a European Foundation. A team of experts in comparative law from across Europe has undertaken feasibility research, and developed a proposal. The resulting draft legislation is clearly presented here in a way which makes it easy to locate information on specific legal issues. The draft is supported by comprehensive explanatory chapters, as well as comparative chapters on each issue.

Jann K. Kleffner, Gerben Kor

The complementarity of the International Criminal Court (ICC) is one of the fundamental principles of the Rome Statute for the ICC. The Amsterdam Center for International Law and the Department of Legal Philosophy at the Free University of Amsterdam held an international expert roundtable on the 'Complementarity Principle of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court' in June 2004. This book contains contributions on complementarity, which were presented and discussed during that meeting. They analyse the principle from theoretical, practical and conceptual perspectives.

John Bell

An in-depth study of the careers and roles of judges in France, Germany, Spain, Sweden and England, this book is based on original language materials and investigations of judges and judicial institutions in each country. Based on these detailed case studies, the book suggests factors that shape the character of the judiciary in different countries, focusing on issues such as women's careers and the relationship between judicial careers and politics. Bell's investigations offer lessons on issues which the English judiciary is having to confront in its current period of reform.

Edited by Michael W. Dowdle

This book responds to an on-going perception of a 'crisis' in public accountability in modern-day governance caused by globalization and increased power of private economic interests. It provides the most comprehensive survey to date of how different organizations hold persons acting in the public interest to account and the problems they face. It includes studies not only of Anglo-American experiences, but also of those of foreign and transnational organizations such as NGOs, transnational resistance movements, the Indonesian labor movement, and the Chinese Parliament. Contributors are all internationally-recognized experts in their fields.

Edited by Alfred E. Kellerman, Jenõ Czuczai, Anneli Albi, Steven Blockmans, Wybe Th. Douma

In 2004, ten countries joined the EU as Member States and five (Bulgaria, Croatia, Romania, Serbia and Montenegro, and Turkey) had or received (pre-)candidate status. EU accession requires significant adaptations in the laws and policies of a country. This book presents fifteen country reports, written by national experts and updated by the volume editors. As a comparative study of these countries, this is an excellent guide for the preparation of national legal orders for EU accession, for briefing and training civil servants, judges, practitioners, and officials of international organizations.