Moens / Trone Commercial Law of the European Union

2010
ISBN: 978-90-481-8774-4
Verlag: Springer Netherland
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, Band 4, 486 Seiten, eBook

Reihe: Ius Gentium: Comparative Perspectives on Law and Justice

? The Hon. Michael Kirby AC CMG This splendid book performs the heroic task of introducing readers to the large canvas of the commercial law of the European Union (EU). The EU began as an economic community of six nations but has grown into 27 member states, sharing a signi?cant political, social and legal cohesion and serving almost 500 million citizens. It generates approximately 30% of the nominal gross world product. The EU is a remarkable achievement of trans-national co-operation, given the history (including recent history) of national, racial, ethnic and religious hatred and con?ict preceding its creation. Although, as the book recounts, the institutions of the EU grew directly out of those of the European Economic Community, created in 1957 [1.20], the genesis of the EU can be traced to the sufferings of the Second World War and to the disclosure of the barbarous atrocities of the Holocaust. Out of the chaos and ruins of historical enmities and the shattered cities and peoples that survived those terrible events, arose an astonishing pan- European Movement.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Moens, Gabriël

Trone, John

Inhaltsverzeichnis

The Political Institutions of the European Union.- Free Movement of Goods.- Free Movement of Persons and Services.- Free Movement of Capital.- Commercial Law and Policy.- Competition Law.- Removal of Taxation Barriers to Trade.- Public Procurement.- Industrial and Commercial Property Rights.- Social Dimension of the European Union.- Judicial Review and the European Court of Justice.- The Effect of EU Law upon National Law.- The European Union and the World Trading System.- Problem Questions.- Table of Equivalence: EEC Treaty Version – Treaty of Amsterdam Version.- Table of Equivalence: Treaty of Amsterdam Version – Treaty of Lisbon Version.

Leseproben

"Chapter 1 The Political Institutions of the European Union (p. 1-2)

[1.05] Introduction

The European Union (EU) is an economic trading bloc comprising 27 nations. The Member States are (in order of accession): Belgium, the Netherlands, Luxembourg, France, Germany, Italy, the United Kingdom, Ireland, Denmark, Greece, Spain, Portugal, Austria, Finland, Sweden, Czech Republic, Estonia, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, Malta, Poland, Slovenia, Slovak Republic, Bulgaria and Romania. Given its membership, the EU is one of the world’s most important trading entities.

European Union Law is of considerable interest to international trade lawyers and businesspeople in non-member States such as the United States, Australia, Canada, New Zealand and South Africa. First, the EU is a major trading and investment partner. Secondly, the EU is one of the great powers in the world’s economic affairs. Thirdly, the future regional development of other regions of the world will at some stage need a reference point.

The EU is a viable model of regional economic integration. It is a fallacy to assume that lawyers and businesspeople who have not been trained in EU law would be able to deal ef?ciently with the avalanche of complex legal acts adopted by the European Union. While it is practically impossible to keep up with all of the legislation and case law issued by EU legislators and the European Court of Justice, an understanding of the EU legal system as a whole substantially facilitates the work of lawyers and businesspeople involved in trade with the European Union. This book thus gives an account of the most important areas of European Union business law. It has been written from the viewpoint of legal practitioners, businesspeople and law students from non-member States.

[1.10] Outline of This Chapter

This chapter discusses the development of the EU, the trading relationship between the EU and a number of common law nations, the EU’s political institutions and the legal acts which they may adopt. In subsequent chapters, speci?c trade-related topics will be discussed in order to provide a comprehensive overview of the EU’s legal system so far as it is relevant to the development of trading opportunities."