Product Description The European Community has been in existence for forty years. This period has seen considerable change and development in both the institutional and the substantive law of the EC ― and more recently the EU. Numerous works on EC law have been published over the years, ranging from textbooks, to specialist monographs, to collections of essays on particular aspects of Community jurisprudence. This, however, is the first work which seeks to stand back from the ever-growing detail of Community law, and examine this jurisprudence from an evolutionary and interdisciplinary perspective. Every important area of institutional and substantive European law is covered ― leading lawyers analyse the evolution of their area of expertise across time, bringing out the major thematic changes which have occurred.These changes are then viewed against the broader political and economic background of the Community as a whole. This book will give readers a clearer understanding of the overall legal picture, and will also allow them to gain a richer perspective on the interaction between law and other forces which have shaped the Community and made it what it is today. About the Author Paul Craig is Professor of English Law in the University of Oxford and a Fellow of St John's College. He has taught EC law for many years and published articles on the subject, he is the author, with Grainne de Burca, of the successful textbook, EU Law 2/e. He has also written extensively on constitutional and administrative law, including Administrative Law (3rd edition, Sweet and Maxwell, 1994) and Public Law and Democracy in the UK and the USA (Oxford, 1990). Grainne de Burca is Professor of European Community Law at the European University Institute, Florence. Prior to that she was lecturer in Law in the University of Oxford and a Fellow of Somerville College. She has published extensively on European law.