International and Foreign Law Research: European Union

Focusing on the central issues and changes resulting from the Lisbon Treaty, the contributors examine the Treaty in the broader background of how the EU, and EU law in particular, has been developing in recent years and provide a contextual understanding of the future direction of EU lawin the post-Lisbon era.

The book addresses the very latest implications surrounding the Lisbon Treaty and its ratification process and the impact that this will have on the future development of EU Law.

Hans Smit and Peter Herzog, accomplished European law practitioners, academics, and public servants analyse each article of the two treaties, its evolution, major case law and subordinate legislation. These provisions are the basis of the European Union's internal and external trade, economic regulation and social integration and extensively shape the domestic laws of all its Member States.