The Oxford Encyclopaedia of European Community Law

This is the second of the Oxford Encyclopaedia of European Community Law Series. This volume covers those areas of Community law which are relevant to the creation and functioning of the internal market, such as the four freedoms, i.e. the free movement of goods, persons, services and capital, including the right of establishment; customs law; company law; intellectual property rights; sex equality law; social security law; public procurement; tax law; and related areas (competition law and policy will be covered in the third volume). Arranged in alphabetical order, it contains definitions and explanations of the most important terms and concepts used in EC and EU law, based on the Treaties, secondary legislation and, above all, on the case-law of the European Courts. The book has been prepared by recognized experts in the field of European law. There are two companion volumes to this work, each of them also entirely self-contained: one on Institutional Law (published 1990; new edition due