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Book SynopsisA major international textbook on EU constitutional law, it covers the structure, values, procedures, and policies of the EU. It deals with institutional issues, but also with substantive issues of major importance, including citizenship, free movement, fundamental rights, and the EU as an external actor.
Table of ContentsPart I Constituting the European Union 1: The Development from European Communities to European Union 2: The Treaty of Lisbon and the Current Treaties 3: Amendment of the Treaties 4: Accession to and Withdrawal from the European Union Part II Competences of the European Union 5: Values, Objectives, and Principles Governing the Union Competences 6: Citizenship of the Union 7: The Internal Market 8: The Area of Freedom, Security, and Justice 9: Other Areas of Union Policy 10: External Action of the Union 11: Limitations and Exceptions to the Application of the Treaties Part III Institutional Actors of the European Union 12: The Political Institutions of the Union 13: Other Institutions and Bodies of the Union 14: The Union as an International Organization 15: The Member States of the Union 16: The Relationship between the Institutional Actors Part IV Decision-Making in the European Union 17: The Legislative Procedures 18: The Implementation of Union Legislation 19: CFSP Decision-Making 20: The Budgetary Procedures 21: The Procedure for Concluding International Agreements 22: Decision-Making Restricted to Particular Member States Part V Legal Instruments of the European Union 23: Union Law and its Effects in the National Legal Orders 24: The Treaties: Primary Union Law 25: Fundamental Rights and General Principles of Union Law 26: International Law 27: Acts Adopted by the Institutions and Bodies of the Union 28: Other Sources of Union Law Part VI Judicial Protection in the European Union 29: Judicial Protection vis-a-vis Member States and Private Parties 30: Judicial Protection vis-a-vis the Institutions and Bodies of the Union
