Includes bibliographical references and index.

Orientation -- The relationship of EU law with the law of the member states -- The components of EU law -- Interaction of the EU and international legal systems -- Leglislative competences' general themes -- Regulation of the marketing and sale of goods -- Regulation of trades, professions and businesses -- Regulation of market conduct -- State involvement in economic activity -- State finances and financial controls -- External relations -- Legislative and rulemaking processes -- The EU executive -- Judicial control -- EU law in national courts -- EU framework of fundamental rights -- Due process -- EU citizenship rights -- Personal rights -- Reform and transformation.