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Description

This book provides the first comprehensive treatment of the principles shaping EU law: autonomy, conferral, equality, national identity, loyalty, solidarity, supremacy and effectiveness.

Much has been written about principles of EU law inspired by national law, such as fundamental rights, but what of the principles that are specific to EU law? The book discusses the origins of the EU's structural principles, where they are located, and how they are applied in practice. The author proposes that these principles are deeply interrelated and ensure the legal unity and uniformity of EU law. Their role in the EU's external relations is also explored.

This book brings a much-needed focus to the network of structural principles upholding the EU's constitutional order.

Table of Contents

Introduction: How to Think about European Union Law
1. Categories and Functions of Principles
2. Premise: The EU Legal Order has a Structure that Involves Principles
3. Deconstructing the 'Structured Network of Principles'
4. Structural Principles in External Relations
5. Reasoning with Structural Principles
6. Meta-Principles and Grand Narratives
Final Remarks

Product details

Published 16 Oct 2025
Format Ebook (PDF)
Edition 1st
Extent 288
ISBN 9781509979547
Imprint Hart Publishing
Series Modern Studies in European Law
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing

About the contributors

Author

Marcus Klamert

Marcus Klamert is Professor at the Institute for E…

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