The leading textbook on the four freedoms, popular with students and academics alike.
This authoritative text offers a unique balance of comprehensive, detailed coverage in a concise and readable style, providing a critical and thorough analysis of the key principles of the substantive law of the EU.
An introductory chapter provides valuable context on the governance of the internal market, its evolution, and the theories behind its key principles. Each of the freedoms is then dealt with in turn, covering goods, persons, services, and capital, before moving on to discuss harmonization, the regulation of the internal market, and its future. Additional useful detail is captured in footnotes, while directed further reading lists provide support for independent study and research.
This thorough coverage is fully supported by engaging case studies throughout the book which place the law in context, helping students to understand the complexities of the subject and exploring the practical implications of EU law. Diagrams, flowcharts, and tables offer further detail and illustrate key ideas and processes in an easily accessible format, while chapter overviews, chapter content lists, and a clear structure ensure readers remain on track and can find information quickly.
Digital formats and resources The 7th edition is available for students and institutions to purchase in a variety of formats.
Part I: Introduction 1: Introduction to the Issues Part II: Free Movement of Goods 2: Fiscal Measures: Customs Duties and Internal Taxation 3: Non-Fiscal Measures: Quantitative Restrictions and Measures Having Equivalent Effect 4: Article 34 TFEU and Certain Selling Arrangements 5: Derogations and Justifications Part III: Free Movement of Persons and Services 6: The Free Movement of Persons: Key Principles 7: Free Movement of Workers and the Self-Employed 8: Freedom for Individuals to Provide and Receive Services 9: Union Citizenship 10: Legally Resident Third-Country Nationals and the EU 11: Freedom of Establishment and Freedom to Provide Services: Legal Persons 12: Derogations and Justifications Part IV: Free Movement of Capital 13: Free Movement of Capital Part V: Completing the Single Market 14: Regulating the Internal Market
Catherine Barnard, Professor of European Union Law and Labour Law and Senior Tutor, Trinity College, University of Cambridge