Trusted by students and lecturers for over thirty years, Steiner & Woods EU Law is the most comprehensive black letter guide to the subject, leading the reader through the subject in a straightforward way, and bringing together the expertise of two authors engaged in the teaching of EU law. The book includes a well-balanced range of topics for students taking an EU law course at any level. Offering a careful blend of institutional and substantive coverage, it focuses on explaining the law clearly for student readers. Case detail is clearly sign-posted throughout the text, with key cases highlighted and discussed in feature boxes, ensuring students are up to speed with the most important case law in the area. End of chapter reading suggestions, along with a detailed bibliography, provide a helpful starting point for essay preparation and independent research. Digital formats and resources This edition is available for students and institutions to purchase in a variety of formats, and is supported by online resources. - The e-book offers a mobile experience and convenient access along with functionality tools, navigation features, and links that offer extra learning support: www.oxfordtextbooks.co.uk/ebooks - The online resources include self-test questions and answers, and an EU development timeline. As the process of the UK leaving the EU unfolds, readers can also visit the OUP 'Brexit and EU Law' page for comment, opinion, and updates created by our authors to engage students with the legal issues and considerations at play. This book is accompanied by extra Brexit materials online.

Part I 1: From EEC to EU: a brief history of the development of the Union 2: Institutions of the Union: composition and powers 3: Scope of the EU Treaty: laws and lawmaking 4: Principle of supremacy of EU law 5: Principles of direct applicability and direct effects 6: General principles of law Part II 7: Framework for enforcement 8: Remedies in national courts 9: State liability 10: The preliminary rulings procedure 11: Enforcement actions 12: Direct action for annulment 13: Union liability in tort: action for damages Part III 14: Introduction to the internal market 15: Harmonisation 16: Customs union 17: Free movement of goods 18: Free movement of payments and capital 19: Citizenship: rights of free movement and residence 20: Economic rights: workers, establishment and services 21: Free movement: social rights 22: Right to receive services 23: Free movement of persons: limitations on grounds of public policy, public security, or public health 24: The area of freedom, security and justice: EU home affairs law and policy 25: Discrimination 26: Introduction to competition law 27: EU competition law 28: Brexit