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This book considers what combating racism means in the context of the enlarged EU, and examines the extent to which ethnic equality objectives have, in practice, been integrated within EU law and policy, exploring the effects in the key areas of employment, education, health and housing, immigration, and criminal law.

Article 102 TFEU prohibits the abuse of a dominant position as incompatible with the common market. Here the difficulties of assessing abuse in terms of Article 82 in light of the objectives of EU competition law are addressed to establish a robust and workable analytical framework for abuse of dominance.

The contributors to this interdisciplinary collection of essays consider various aspects of accountability and legitimacy in the European Union, issues which are now high on the political agenda. The collection will be of interest to anyone concerned with the future of Europe, from students and academics to policy-makers and journalists.

This volume examines the role of law in increasing the legitimacy of European decision-making by structuring and facilitating diverse forms of participation, representation, and deliberation. The role of interest groups in the debates over the legitimacy of the European Union is examined.

This book presents a critical assessment of the principles governing the enforcement of EC environmental law. It argues that the general case law on rights and remedies in EC law can, and should, be applied in environmental litigation, and maps out the legal justification for more effective enforcement through individual prosecution.

This book examines a burgeoning policy area of the EU - the regulation of cross border civil and commercial litigation. The book analyses the EU's specific legislative measures and assesses their impact on litigation procedure, particularly due process rights. The wider policy is then analysed in the context of key themes of European integration.

This volume examines the problems of legal and linguistic diversity in the EU legal system. In a union of 27 member states, with 23 different languages, how can the coherence of EU law be guaranteed? The volume addresses this central question from a range of theoretical and practical perspectives.

This book examines the law and regulation of public services though public employment services (job-placement and vocational training), revealing interaction and conflict between economic and social aims of the EU and between regulation at national and supranational levels.

The EU includes human rights conditionality clauses in its international trade and cooperation agreements. This book analyses the construction of these clauses, their operation, and questions the extent to which the EU has the legislative power to include such clauses in its agreements.

The Law Lords have attributed the supremacy of European Community law in Britain to Parliament's 'entirely voluntary' surrender of sovereignty. This study tells the parliamentary story of how sovereignty came to be lost. It charts the evolution of MPs' constitutional understandings of EC membership and the transformation from a constitution based on politics to one based on law.

The European Union principle of subsidiarity was intended as a last-resort protection mechanism for member states in a minority on a particular issue in the Council of Ministers. This book analyzes these reforms and the reluctance to implement them, and argues that the principle will not be able to perform this protective role effectively.

This book provides a timely and topical overview of recent developments in EU anti-discrimination law. Examining in particular discrimination on the grounds of race and sexual orientation, it provides an account of the debate within the institutions and Member States, analysis of relevant case law from the Court of Justice, and coverage of the anti-discrimination directives adopted in 2001.

This book examines the relationship between law and public services. Prosser argues that there are important limits to the applicability of competition law in this context. He illustrates his theme by discussing the law in the UK, France and Italy, and at the EU level, and provides a case study considering public service broadcasting.

How open should the Union's decision-making be? What is the right balance between accountability and efficiency? Does the Union now need a formal constitution? How can respect for democracy, fundamental rights and the rule of law in the Union best be ensured? These are just some of the questions explored in this book.

In order to meet the economic and environmental challenges faced by the European farming industry, the EU has advocated a "European Model of Agriculture" to provide a competitive and diverse agricultural sector. This title analyses whether the legislative framework for this model can deliver these policy objectives.

This book explores the relationship between European Union law, culture, and identity. It illustrates how cultual issues permeate all aspects of Community law; shaping the development of policies in areas as diverse as internal and external trade, education, sport, language use, and the mass media.