EU law [antikvár]

Perface Dear Reader, Welcome to this new book of mine. I am going to tell you a few things about it, but before I do, I would like to thank a few people who have been involved and who have helped me along the way. First and foremost, massive thanks to my family: Dawn, my wife, and children Lynsey and Alexander for yet many more hours spent away from them and at the computer. They are a severely tolerant bunch. Dawn and Lynsey also helped with some aspects of the research and content of the book and supporting website. Then, the staff of OUP: on the editorial side, a number of editors have guided me through the planning and writing or have been involved with some aspect of this book: Angela Griffin, Sarah Hyland and, in particular, greatest thanks to Claire Brewer with whom I have worked very closely and constructively. Claire was a really patient sounding-board on many occasions for my latest thoughts on the book or changes I had been considering. It is a better book for your input - thanks and thanks also to the reviewers of the book who made countless very positive and constructive comments on the draft chapters. I believe the book is a better final product as a result of the thorough review process undertaken by OUP and the very helpful reviews submitted. Of course, I did not agree with all the comments made, but I did think and reflect on all comments, and numerous changes were made as a result. Thank you very much. Thanks also to the production staff led by Angela Butterworth for their assistance. I am also grateful for the grant which accompanied the Jean Monnet Chair in European Law from the European Union Action Monnet office and support from OUP which enabled me to engage the help of Research Assistants in preparing the online material and organizing the online question databank. These were Bridget Chigbo, Deepaluckshmi Somasunderam and Kathryn Hallworth who worked on various aspects of the book and online material. Finally, the quarter of a century's worth of EC law students which must number over 10,000, all told, now, I would think. I learn new things and find new ways of expressing some aspect of law with each new cohort of students. Now to the book itself which is one of a series of books published by OUP under the Directions Series. This series contains a number of presentational features which distinguish them as learning texts and which offer more support to students. It has been my intention to re-approach the presentation of complex areas by explaining it in understandable and hopefully, thought-provoking language. Since my last book was relatively well-received and since the state universities are still driven more by research goals than ensuring that students receive all the help they need with their studies, the demand for helpful student-friendly texts continues to grow. If EU law courses are no longer able to fulfil students' needs satisfactorily, then I am more than happy to oblige. I teach at Buckingham University, where we put the students first. We teach in small groups and in the EU courses, students have three lectures per week over sixteen or seventeen weeks of the course and have eighteen tutorials in total. That gives us time to explore issues in greater Xi