Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Foreword
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Table of treaties
- Table of MOUs
- Table of cases
- Glossary of legal terms
- List of abbreviations
- 1 International law
- 2 States and recognition
- 3 Territory
- 4 Jurisdiction
- 5 The law of treaties
- 6 Diplomatic privileges and immunities
- 7 State immunity
- 8 Nationality, aliens and refugees
- 9 International organisations
- 10 The United Nations, including the use of force
- 11 Human rights
- 12 The law of armed conflict (international humanitarian law)
- 13 International criminal law
- 14 Terrorism
- 15 The law of the sea
- 16 International environmental law
- 17 International civil aviation
- 18 Special regimes
- 19 International economic law
- 20 Succession of states
- 21 State responsibility
- 22 Settlement of disputes
- 23 The European Union
- Index
23 - The European Union
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 August 2012
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Foreword
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Table of treaties
- Table of MOUs
- Table of cases
- Glossary of legal terms
- List of abbreviations
- 1 International law
- 2 States and recognition
- 3 Territory
- 4 Jurisdiction
- 5 The law of treaties
- 6 Diplomatic privileges and immunities
- 7 State immunity
- 8 Nationality, aliens and refugees
- 9 International organisations
- 10 The United Nations, including the use of force
- 11 Human rights
- 12 The law of armed conflict (international humanitarian law)
- 13 International criminal law
- 14 Terrorism
- 15 The law of the sea
- 16 International environmental law
- 17 International civil aviation
- 18 Special regimes
- 19 International economic law
- 20 Succession of states
- 21 State responsibility
- 22 Settlement of disputes
- 23 The European Union
- Index
Summary
The immense popularity of American movies abroad demonstrates that Europe is the unfinished negative of which America is the proof.
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Hartley, The Foundations of European Community Law, 5th edn, Oxford, 2003
Lasok and Lasok, Law and Institutions of the European Communities, 7th edn, London, 2001
Barnard, The Substantive Law of the EU, Oxford, 2004
European Communities Legislation: Current Status, Butterworths, London, 3 vols., looseleaf
www.europa.eu.int
Beginning in 1958 with only six member states, the European Union had by 2004 developed into a partnership of twenty-five. In 2003, the then fifteen member states had a total population of 380 million and a total gross domestic product (GDP) of US$10.5 trillion. The equivalent figures for the United States in 2003 were a population of 280 million and a GDP of US$11 trillion. By 2004, the GDP of the previous fifteen member states had just overtaken the US GDP, and the (now twenty-five) member states had a combined population of 456 million. Just as a basic knowledge of the complexities of the US Constitution and how it works is necessary for anyone concerned with international relations, so an understanding of the EU and its procedures is important. Any company exporting to, or selling within, the EU must comply with EU law. Many non-EU states and some of their regions have offices in Brussels, as do many large, non-EU companies.
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- Handbook of International Law , pp. 466 - 485Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2005