European Union law in a nutshell / by Ralph H. Folsom.
2011
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Author
Title
European Union law in a nutshell / by Ralph H. Folsom.
Published
St. Paul, MN : West, [2011]
Copyright
©2011
Call Number
KJE949 .F55 2011
Edition
Seventh edition.
ISBN
9780314268495
0314268499
0314268499
Description
xxiv, 409 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm.
System Control No.
(OCoLC)710995173
Note
Includes index.
Series
Record Appears in
Table of Contents
Preface to the Seventh Edition
iii
Web Resources
vii
Acknowledgments
ix
A Timeline of European Integration
xi
Table of Cases
xxiii
ch. 1
Old Europe
1
European Convention on Human Rights (1950)
1
Treaty of Paris (1951)
3
Lasting Regional Institutions
5
Competing Alternatives for European Integration
6
Euratom (1957)
8
Treaty of Rome (1957)
10
Treaty on European Union (1993)
11
Comecon
12
European Free Trade Area (EFTA) (1959)
13
The Treaty of Rome and the GATT
14
Gatt Article 24
15
Article 24 and European Integration
16
Efta and the EEC Reconciled (1973)
18
New Members (1973)
19
New Members (1980s)
20
The European Economic Area (1991)
21
Swiss EEA Rejection, EU-Swiss Agreements
21
New Members (1990s)
22
Growth in Applicants, Membership Criteria
23
ch. 2
New Europe
26
Europe Without Internal Frontiers
27
Single European Act, Schengen Accord
28
The Maastricht Treaty on European Union (1993)
30
Ratification and Opt-Out Rights
31
The Amsterdam Treaty (1999)
33
The Treaty of Nice (2003)
34
The Convention on the Future of Europe and Defeat of Its Constitution (2005)
35
The Constitution for Europe
36
The Reform Treaty of Lisbon (2009)
38
New Members in the Coming Decades
40
Political Union?
42
Foreign and Security Policy
43
Defense Affairs
46
ch. 3
Law-Making in Europe
49
Primary and Secondary Law
49
The Power to Legislate
50
The Principle of Subsidiarity
53
Legislation---Directives and Regulations
55
The Parliament
57
Consultation, Cooperation and Co-Decision
59
Other Parliamentary Powers
61
Budgetary Legislation
63
Which Council?
65
Council
65
European Council
67
Voting Procedures of the Council
68
Demise of the Luxembourg Accord and Unanimous Voting
68
Qualified Majority Voting
71
Which Voting Procedure?---The Legal Basis for Legislation
72
Article 352, "Necessary" Legislative Powers
74
The Commission as an Institution and Law Maker
75
The Commissioners and Their Tasks
76
The Commission's Departments
78
The Court of Justice as a Law Maker
81
General Principles of Law---Fundamental Rights
83
Legal Certainty
84
Fundamental Rights Doctrine
84
EU Charter of Fundamental Rights
86
Supremacy Doctrine
87
Invalidity of National Laws
88
National Constitutional Rights and Supremacy
89
ch. 4
Litigating European Law
94
Direct Effects Doctrine
95
Regulations
97
Directives
97
Interpretative Duties
98
Directly Effective Treaty Provisions
99
Directly Effective Treaty Provisions
101
National Legal Remedies for Directly Effective Law
102
Member State Liability for Damages
103
Article 267---Referrals by National Courts and Preliminary Rulings
105
Discretionary References
105
Validity of EU and National Laws
107
Mandatory References
110
Acte Clair
110
Entreprises Garoche Case
111
CILFIT Case
112
Multiple Official Languages
114
Articles 263 and 265---Challenging Regional Institutions
115
Challenging Acts
116
Challenging Failures to Act
118
Standing to Challenge Regional Institutions, Pleas of Illegality
119
Standing Issues
119
Pleas of Illegality
120
Institutional Litigation
121
Article 258---Prosecutions of Member States
122
Procedures and Penalties
123
Contract and Tort Litigation---Court of First Instance (General Court)
126
Court of First Instance (General Court)
126
Non-Contractual Liability
128
Judicial Practice and Procedure
131
Proceedings
131
Judgments
134
Jurisdiction and Enforcement of Civil and Commercial Judgments
136
Jurisdiction
137
Party Autonomy
142
Recognition and Enforcement of Judgments
143
ch. 5
Free Movement
147
Free Movement of Goods
147
Measures of Equivalent Effect
148
Cassis Formula
149
Article 36 and the Problem of Nontariff Trade Barriers
152
Case Law
153
Intellectual Property Rights as European Trade Barriers
155
Exhaustion Doctrine
156
Centrafarm Case
157
NTBS and the Single Market
159
Harmonization Principles
161
Product Standards
162
Standards Bodies
163
Free Movement of People---EU Citizenship
164
Schengen and Dublin Accords
165
Justice and Home Affairs
166
General Rights of Residence
167
Students
169
Free Movement of Workers, The Self-Employed and Their Families
170
Social Advantages
171
Free Movement Exceptions
172
Reverse Discrimination
173
Right of Establishment---Professionals
174
Diploma Directives
175
Legal Services
176
Right of Establishment for Lawyers
177
Freedom to Provide and Receive Services Across European Borders
180
Financial Services, Bankers' Bonuses
181
Reciprocity and the United States
183
Capital Movements and the European Monetary System
184
Economic and Monetary Union, A Common Currency
185
European Central Bank, Financial Bailouts
187
EURO Zone
190
Common Transport Policy
191
Road Transport
192
Maritime Transport
193
Air Transport, Open Skies Agreement
193
ch. 6
Internal Policies
195
Taxation
195
Value-Added Tax
196
Excise Taxes
198
Corporate Taxes and Interest Income
199
Competition Policy---Government Subsidies
200
Treaty Rules
202
Commission Enforcement
203
Procurement
205
Procurement Directives
207
Buy EU
209
Products Liability
211
Strict Liability
212
Exceptions and Defenses
213
Consumer Protection, The Precautionary Principle
215
Consumer Contracts, Advertising and Credit
218
Advertising
220
Securities
221
Early Securities Law Directives
222
New Prospectus Directive
223
Markets in Financial Instruments Directive
224
Mutual and Pension Funds
225
Market Abuses and Insider Trading
226
Company Law
227
Company Law Directives
228
Works Councils and Further Company Law Directives
231
European Companies
232
Environmental Policy
234
Policy Principles, Polluter Pays
235
Waste Management
236
Labels, Audits, Impacts and Information
237
International Environmental Agreements
240
Broadcasting
242
U.S. Reaction
244
Intellectual Property Rights
245
Patents and Designs
246
Trademarks and Designations of Origin
248
Copyrights
251
TRIPs
253
Computer Software, Databases and Data Privacy
255
E-Commerce
256
Social Policy---Occupational Safety, The Social Fund and Social Charter
258
Social Charter
260
From the Social Protocol to the Social Chapter
262
Regional Policy
263
Equal Pay and Equal Treatment
265
Equal Pay
266
Pay Differentials
268
Comparable Worth
269
Equal Treatment
269
Affirmative Action
270
Gender and Other Discrimination
271
Employment Law
273
Mass Lay-offs
273
Employee Rights in Business Transfers
274
Pay Claims in Insolvencies
275
Terms of Employment Disclosure
275
Common Agricultural Policy
276
Regulatory Controls
277
International Ramifications
280
ch. 7
External Trade Law
284
Common Customs Law
284
Tariffs
285
Classification
286
Valuation
287
Rules of Origin
287
Counterfeit Goods
289
Quotas
289
Generalized Tariff Preferences (GSP)
291
Antidumping Duties
292
Dumping Determinations
293
Judicial Review
296
Critiques
297
Countervailing Duties
298
Safeguard Proceedings and Voluntary Trade Restraints
299
Foreign Country Trade Barriers
300
Trade Relations
301
U.S.-EU Trade
302
Japan/China-EU Trade
303
Trade Agreements
304
ERTA and WTO Agreements Cases
307
Member State Involvement
308
Free Trade Agreements
310
Association Agreements---Mediterranean Policy, Central and Eastern Europe
311
Association Agreements
311
Mediterranean Policy
312
Central and Eastern Europe
313
The Lome/Cotonou Conventions
314
Participating ACP States
315
Contents
317
Duty Free Access to the Common Market
319
Commercial Agents
320
Termination Rights
322
ch. 8
Business Competition Law
324
Nondistorted Competition Policy
326
Article 101
327
Void Agreements
328
Exemptions
329
Regulation 17 and Regulation 1--- Commission Investigations, Attorney-Client Privilege, Shared Prosecutorial Powers
330
Commission Investigations
330
Attorney-Client Privileges
332
Shared Powers
333
Commission Prosecutions and Sanctions
334
Enforcement Procedures
334
Sanctions
336
Individual Exemptions, Negative Clearances and Comfort Letters (Prior to May 1, 2004)
338
Individual and Group Exemptions After May 1, 2004
340
Article 101---Group Exemptions
340
Vertical Restraints
341
Transfer of Technology Regulation
342
Other Group Exemptions
344
Commercial Agents
345
Termination Rights
346
Article 101---Undertakings and Concerted Practices
347
Concerted Practices
348
Article 101---Competitive Impact
351
Grundig Case
351
Market Division and Intellectual Property Rights
354
Articles 101 and 102---Trade Impact
356
De Minimis Trade Impact
356
Intrastate Trade
357
Article 102
358
Article 102---Dominant Positions
360
Continental Can Case
361
Market Analysis and Dominant Positions
365
Collective Dominance
367
Article 102---Abuse
368
Articles 101 and 102---Mergers and Acquisitions
370
Continental Can
371
Commission Regulation of Concentrations (Mergers)
374
Advance Notice
374
Evaluation
377
Case Examples
378
Hostile Takeovers
381
Articles 101 and 102---Application to Public Enterprises
383
When Is an Enterprise Public?
383
Services of a General Economic Interest
385
Commission Powers Over Public Enterprises
387
National Litigation and Remedies for Competition Law Violations
387
Direct Effect
387
Role of National Courts, Nullification, Damages
388
Conflicts of Competition Law
390
Wilhelm Case
390
Multiple Liability
391
Supremacy
391
International Liability
392
The Extraterritorial Reach of Articles 101 and 102
392
Extraterritorial Application
393
Wood Pulp Case
394
United States-European Union Antitrust Cooperation
395
Microsoft
396
Index
399