Book Review: EC Law, Text, Cases, & Materials
| Published date | 01 March 1996 |
| Author | Adriana Alvarez |
| Date | 01 March 1996 |
| DOI | 10.1177/1023263X9600300106 |
| Subject Matter | Book Review |
Book Reviews
Paul Craig and Grainne de Burca, EC Law, Text, Cases, &Materials,
Oxford University Press, 1995, 1160 pages, paperback, £25.
The book, as indicated in the outline of the table of contents, is divided into 25 main
chapters. The classical division between institutional and substantive law is followed.
Institutional law is dealt with in the first twelve chapters (pages 1-547), covering the
Institutions of the Community; legislation and policy-making; the nature and application
of
EC law (which leads from the doctrine of direct effect to the available remedies in
the national courts); the relationship between EC law and national law; furthermore, two
excellent chapters on the general principles are included (fundamental rights,
proportionality, legitimate expectations and non-discrimination); enforcement actions
against Member States and the system of preliminary rulings (adeptly called: the
building of a European judicial system) fol1owedby actions for review of legality and
the actions for damages are also dealt with in this section. The substantive part,
covering thirteen chapters (pages 548-1150), begins with the free movement of goods,
free movement of workers, freedom of establishment and to provide services; these are
fol1owed by a chapter on the public-policy, security and health derogations (mainly
directive 62/221); achapter on equal treatment of women and men; four chapters on
competition law (articles
R5
and 86, mergers, enforcement and procedure); intel1ectual
property; the state and the common market; the last chapter discusses the completion
of the single market.
The more detailed table of contents covers seventeen pages and provides easy finding
of
the different 'sub-subjects' dealt with by the authors. In general, this paperback
edition (there is no hardcover) is beautifully published by Oxford University Press. It
is clear, most accessible and in readable print (the cases and materials presented are not
minimized to the size that one requires a magnifying glass to read them).
MJ 3 (1996) 89
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