The idea for this book stemmed from the organisation of a conference co-organised by the co-editors of this book and held at the University of Manchester in July 2012. That conference was generously funded by the Manchester Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence (JMCE, www.socialsciences.manchester.ac.uk/jeanmonnet/) and the University Association for Contemporary European Studies (UACES, www.uaces.org), which the editors gratefully acknowledge.

From the initial conference in 2012 until the publication of this book, plenty of time passed by and considerable amounts of dedication were dispended. We would therefore like to thank all the people who, one way or the other, have contributed to this book coming to fruition. This includes, above all, all the authors who kindly agreed to contribute to this book, all the staff at Cambridge University Press who have assisted in this publication, the Liverpool European Law Unit (LELU) of the University of Liverpool for sponsoring a workshop gathering many of the contributors, and Julia Bradshaw and Swati Gola for collaborating in the edition of the final outcome.