Manuel sur l’union européenne

Les éditions précédentes du Manuel sur l’Union européenne ont été publiées en plusieurs dizaines de milliers d’exemplaires en langues anglaise, française, hongroise et slovaque, ses traductions et sa distribution ont été soutenues entre autres par la Commission européenne. L’ouvrage fait partie du programme d’études de nombreuses universités et écoles supérieures et il est souvent utilisé par les fonctionnaires travaillant au sein des institutions européennes et les candidats participant aux concours de l’UE.

L’ouvrage fournit une vue d’ensemble claire sur l’Union européenne et son fonctionnement en présentant, dans un langage simple, son système institutionnel, ses différentes politiques, ses mécanismes juridiques et la manière… read more

The Union after Lisbon

Presenting how the EU functions according to the Lisbon Treaty

This book provides a comprehensive and digestible overview of the Lisbon Treaty’s impact on the functioning of the European Union, its Member States, and citizens. It is based on a comparative structure, first presenting how the EU functioned before Lisbon and then describing the post-Lisbon situation. It sheds light on how the reform of the institutional framework and that of the decision making process are fundamentally interrelated with the lobbying powers of individual Member States and with their capacity to shape the Union’s policies. The approach and language used allows both specialists and the… read more

Handbook on the European Union

Previous editions of the Handbook on the European Union were published in tens of thousands of copies in English, French, Hungarian and Slovak. The European Commission, among others, granted financial assistance to its distribution and translations. It is used as reference volume at several universities and colleges, and is one of the books of first choice for people aspiring to become or already working as officials at EU institutions.

The book provides a comprehensive overview of the European Union and its functioning from a political, economic as well as legal perspective, outlining the EU’s institutions, policies and legal and decision-making mechanisms in… read more

Essential EU Law in Charts

2nd “Lisbon” edition, Second Reprint (2012)

Visualising law, as the authors are attempting to do in this book, gives the reader some idea of what the blueprint of the edifice of European Union law looks like.

The book contains 278 EU law-related charts (primary, secondary and case law) dealing with the following issues: Introduction to the subject, the development of European integration, institutions, competences of the EU, the making of secondary law, the nature of EU law, introduction to substantive law, the internal market, competition law, social law, legal integration and enforcement.

Firstly, the charts are intended as a learning… read more

Essential EU Law in Text

Second Reprint (2012)

This book is a companion text for the revised, “Lisbon edition” of “Essential EU Law in Charts”.

Together with the charts, the book is intended as a learning tool for students as well as for practitioners endeavouring to brush up on their EU law skills, especially in view of the Lisbon revision and the fundamental changes that it brought about in the EU legal system.

The book contains a brief and simple text on the matters dealt with in the charts book, with references to the charts.

It deals with the following issues:… read more

Essential EU Competition Law in Charts

The idea behind this “field manual” is for in-house lawyers, compliance professionals, consultants, attorneys, officers in European or national public administration and students to benefit from a comprehensive set of 75 charts illustrating the “core” of EU competition law together with a brief companion text that relates back to the charts. This concept was developed through the combined professional experience of the authors, in both legal practice and in academia.

Visualising law, as the authors are attempting to do in this book by means of charts, gives thereader some idea of what the blueprint of the edifice of EU competition… read more