European Community law - Elspeth Deards

This is a one-stop study system for law degree students covering all the core subjects. Focusing on European law, this book contains everything needed to understand and pass the LLB exams.;Each chapter contains a set of learning objectives, research activities, self-assessment questions, and some also include end-of-chapter assessment questions. The cases and materials referred to in the "Text" are contained in the companion "Cases and Materials" volume, which also contains answers to the end-of-chapter assessment questions.;Used together with "Blackstone's LLB Cases and Materials" this book provides a complete study programme for the law student, enabling them to study in their own time, at their own pace and in their own place.;This text provides comprehensive coverage of the major areas of law of the European Community and the European Union, focusing on the areas of institutional and substantive law which are of increasing importance to law students and lawyers alike.;The reader is introduced to the objectives of the Community and the role of the institutions, particularly the Court of Justice, and the place of Community law in the national legal systems of the member states, including the recent decision in "Factortame III". These themes are then developed in the context of the major areas covered by Community law - the free movement of goods and person, competition law and sex discrimination.