Basic Community Cases

When first published in 1987, this highly popular volume of carefully selected, leading European Community cases was widely recognized as being the best collection of its kind, offering in-depth analysis of the leading cases, so that the lessons learned in this way could help with many other problems. Since then, EC law has greatly expanded in substance, and its nature comes ever closer to a federal legal order. This transformation is the work of the Court of Justice. These...
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When first published in 1987, this highly popular volume of carefully selected, leading European Community cases was widely recognized as being the best collection of its kind, offering in-depth analysis of the leading cases, so that the lessons learned in this way could help with many other problems. Since then, EC law has greatly expanded in substance, and its nature comes ever closer to a federal legal order. This transformation is the work of the Court of Justice. These extraordinary features the transformation of its nature and the nature of the transformer are the reasons for a completely revised edition with crucial new material and with an entirely new structure covering the EC/EU's constitutional balance, its internal market, and its external relations. The practical importance of its case-law and the striking features of the Court's attitude to judicial function and reasoning necessitate a special study of its leading cases. The book can accompany traditional undergraduate courses, and can also provide a self-contained course for advanced students.