European Union Law After Maastricht

by Folsom, Ralph H.; Lake, Ralph B.; Nanda, Ved P.

• ISBN13: 9789041109712
• ISBN10: 9041109714
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1996-10-01
• Publisher: Kluwer Law Intl

Summary

The emergence of Europe as a unified trading block has profound implications for those who do business with European countries. European Union Law is written for lawyers and business professionals who require information about the changes that are taking place as a result of the unification process in the member states of the European Union. Unlike other materials on Europe, this book is written primarily for lawyers outside the EU. The book serves three important functions: It provides a comprehensive introduction to European law, law-making institutions and dispute settlement mechanism It presents European legal regimes For The general areas which are relevant to foreign lawyers, including corporate law, environmental regulation, securities regulation, antitrust law, mergers and acquisitions, licensing, product liability, and dumping It examines the European regulations of some important specific industries such as broadcasting and telecommunications. The editors and authors of this work are among the most prominent academic and professional authorities in the area of European Law. This book is the single most useful reference tool for those in need of current European Union information.

Table of Contents

About the Authors
Foreword
Preface
The European Community Law-making Machine	p. 3
Choice of Law, Choice of Forum, and the Enforcement of Foreign Judgments Within the European Communities	p. 27
Lobbying in Brussels and Strasbourg	p. 53
Public Procurement Law	p. 73
Product Liability	p. 133
EC Regulation of Agency and Distribution Arrangements	p. 157
European Community Environmental Policy and Law	p. 209
EU Taxation: Harmonization Efforts and the Removal of Fiscal Frontiers	p. 289
EU Competition Law	p. 341
Licensing of Technology in the European Union	p. 361
Banking and Capital Movements	p. 387
Mergers, Joint Ventures and Takeovers	p. 425
Franchising	p. 467
Securities Regulation	p. 493
European Union Company Law	p. 523
Equal Pay	p. 551
Employment Matters and the Social Protocol	p. 589
"Television Without Frontiers": The EC Broadcasting Directive	p. 627
Information Technologies: Building Blocks of a Legal Environment	p. 655
Telecommunications Law in the European Community	p. 695
Antidumping Proceedings	p. 719
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