This book offers an overview of the principal reforms to the European Union brought about by the Lisbon Treaty. The revised paperback edition also includes analysis of the proposed Fiscal Union Treaty, the politics of its negotiation, and its potential legal impact.

1: Reform, Process, and Architecture
2: Legislation, Regulation, and Participation
3: Executive Power, Contestation, and Resolution
4: The Courts, Continuity, and Change
5: Competence, Categories, and Control
6: Rights, Legality, and Legitimacy
7: Legal Acts, Hierarchy, and Simplification
8: The Treaty, the Economic, and the Social
9: Freedom, Security, and Justice
10: Foreign Policy, Security, and Defence
11: Conclusion
Epilogue: Economic Crisis, the Euro, and the Future

Paul Craig , Professor of English Law, St John's College, Oxford

Paul Craig QC is Professor of English Law at St John's College, Oxford.