A Critical Introduction to European Law

This book is the third edition of this introduction to the history and institutional framework of European Union law.

Written by one of the leading specialists in European law and legal theory, this third edition explains the history and institutional framework of European Union law. It includes commentaries on successive drafts of the Constitutional and Lisbon treaties and discusses recent developments such as the Turkish application.Written by one of the leading academics specialising in European law and legal theory, A Critical Introduction to European Law explains the history and institutional framework of European Union law to students and scholars. Through the inclusion of commentaries on successive drafts of the Constitutional and Lisbon treaties, and discussion of recent developments such as the Turkish application, this third edition explores the evolving role of the EU in international and global politics. A consciously interdisciplinary approach, which draws on a variety of materials from political and legal thought, social theory, economic analysis, literature, history and cultural studies, is deployed to make the present state of Union law comprehensible.