José Luís da Cruz Vilaça is Judge at the European Court of Justice.
[A] most interesting and informative collective of diverse commentaries. -- Phillip Taylor MBE and Elizabeth Taylor of Richmond Green Chambers As a judge, and an academic, the author provides practical insight as well as keen analysis into the areas of the law upon which he focuses. Academics or legal historians wishing to gain an interesting, and often insightful analysis of seminal case law would be interested in this volume. It is clear that the author has provided a great contribution to the Court, but also to the broader study of European integration. For a reader interested in the judicial development of European Union law, there is much to find of interest in this volume. The republished articles create an account of the history of European integration through judicial application of EU law, and reading many of the articles with the benefit of hindsight can be an interesting experience. -- Joelle Grogan EUtopia Law Blog, December 2014 Sometimes a book wins you over, and Jose Luis Da Cruz Vilaca's 'EU Law and Integration: Twenty Years of Judicial Application of EU Law' is such a book...the breadth and the depth of the various articles demonstrate the true scholarship of the author...Anyone with a broad interest in EU law should consider reading the book as a way of embarking on a trip down memory lane, only to come out of it full of renewed insights to better understand the never-ending barrage of new cases. European Law Blog