Professor of European Law

Research Interests

My research interest is in European Law, in particular the law of the Internal Market. I am seeking to understand the basic tensions and principles underpinning the law, using tools like the economic analysis of the law and comparative method to tease out the constitutional dimensions in the seemingly technical subject of EU trade law.

Recent Publications

Books

Goods and Services in EC Law: A Study of the Relationship Between the Freedoms ( Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2002) pp251, xliv.

Articles and Chapter Contributions    

‘Varieties of Capitalism and the Limits of European Economic Integration’ (2010-11) 13 CYELS 415-434.

‘The notion of and a general test for abuse of rights: some normative reflections’ in R de la Feria and S Vogenauer (eds), Prohibition of Abuse of Law: A New General Principle of EU Law (Oxford: Hart Publishing, 2011) 219-231

‘Free Movement of Capital: Evolution as a Non-Linear Process’ in P Craig and G de Búrca (eds), The Evolution of EU Law (2nd edn, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2011) 547-574.

‘The notion of market access: a concept or a slogan?’ (2010) 47 CMLRev 437-472

'Free movement of services and the Services Directive: the legitimacy of the case law' in J van de Gronden (ed), The EU and WTO Law on Services (Alphen aan den Rijn: Kluwer Law International, 2009) 31-54

'European constitutional settlement", an ever closer union, and the Treaty of Lisbon: democracy or relevance?' (2008) 33 ELRev 619-642.

 'Freedom to Provide Services in the Case Law and in the Services Directive: Problems, Solutions and Institutions' in UB Neergaard, R. Nielsen and LM Roseberry (eds), 'The Services Directive-Consequences for the Welfare State and the European Social Model (Copenhagen:DJOF Publishing, 2008) 171-197.

'Non-discriminatory tax obstacles in Community law' (2007) 56 ICLQ 339-370. 

'Economic aims as justification for restrictions on free movement' in A Schrauwen (ed), Rule of Reason; Rethinking another Classic of EC Legal Doctrine ( Groningen : Europa Law Publishing, 2005) 35-56.

'And Then There Were Two: Products and Citizens in Community Law' in T Tridimas and P Nebbia (eds), European Union Law for the Twenty-First Century: Volume II ( Oxford : Hart Publishing, 2004) 49-72.

'European courts and intellectual property: a tale of Hercules, Zeus and Cyclops' (2004) 29 ELRev 178-197.

'Who's Got the Power? Free Movement and Allocation of Competences in EC Law' (2003) 22 YEL 323-351.

'Free Movement of Pharmaceutical Products: An Overdose of Cheap Drugs?' (2003) 14 EBLR 507-521.

'Private Parties and the Free Movement of Goods and Services', in M Andenas and W-H Roth (eds), Services and Free Movement in EU Law (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2002) 211-243.

J Snell and M Andenas, 'Exploring the Outer Limits: Restrictions on the Free Movement of Goods and Services', in M Andenas and W-H Roth (eds), Services and Free Movement in EU Law (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2002) 69-139.

Papers    

‘The EU’s economic and social model – at odds with a variety of capitalisms in Europe?’ University of Leeds, December 2011

‘Legitimacy of the internal market case law of the European Court of Justice’ University of Antwerp, November 2011

‘Varieties of Capitalism and the Limits of Economic Integration’ University of Cambridge CELS Seminar 20 October 2010; University of Southampton SLS Conference 15 September 2010, University of Oxford 19 October 2011.

‘Varieties of capitalism and the limits of free movement’ The Reach of Free Movement Conference, University of Oslo 18 May 2011

‘Multilevel Governance, Varieties of Capitalism, and the Treaty of Lisbon’ University of Helsinki, 26 April 2010

‘Free Movement of Capital’, Jean Monnet Workshop on The Legislature, the Judiciary and the Completion of the Internal Market, University of Antwerp, 8 and 9 March 2010

‘Economic integration, varieties of capitalism, and the Lisbon Treaty’, Conference on European Economic and Social Constitutionalism, University of Leeds, 4 September 2009

‘The Notion of Market Access: A Concept or a Slogan’, Modern Law Review Workshop, Cambridge & UCL, 30 June & 1 July 2009

 ‘Concluding Remarks: Common Themes and Challenges’, Conference on ‘A Single Market for the 21st Century’, University of Liverpool, 25 June 2009

The notion of and a general test for abuse of rights: some normative reflections’, in a Conference on Abuse of Right at Oxford University, October 2008

'"European constitutional settlement", an ever closer union, and the Treaty of Lisbon’, in a Conference on Theorising the Global Legal Order at Swansea University, May 2008

'Freedom to Provide Services in the Case Law and in the Services Directive: Problems, Solutions and Institutions' in a Conference on 'The Services Directive-Consequences for the Welfare State and the European Social Model' at Copenhagen Business School on 23 August 2007.

'Establishment, Services, capital and Tax' UKAEL Conference, 28 April 2007.

'Services Directive and the Legitimacy of the Case Law' University of Utrecht , 7 December 2006.

'The Cross-Border Use of Public Documents' BIICL European Law Programme Expert's Meeting, 26 June 2006.

'The Relationship of Citizenship and the Internal Market' University of Sussex , 9 February 2005.

'The Rule of Reason and the Internal Market' University of Amsterdam , 25 June 2004.

'Tax and Establishment: A Clash of Civilizations?' BIICL Seminar on Tax Consolidation of EU Subsidiaries, 17 July 2003.

'And Then There Were Two: Products and Citizens in Community Law' WG Hart Legal Workshop, 26 June 2003.

'European Courts and Intellectual Property: A Tale of Hercules, Zeus, and Cyclops' Särkänlinna IV Seminar of Anglo-Finnish European Law Trust, 7 June 2003.

'Free Movement of Pharmaceutical Products: An Overdose of Cheap Drugs?' Lord Slynn of Hadley European Law Foundation and European Foundation for the Advancement of Medicine Seminar, 27 April 2001.

Relevant Activities

• Member of the Editorial Board of European Business Law Review.
• Consultant for a European Commission study, conducted by BIICL, on legalisation of documents.
• Lectures and seminars in EC law for Civil Service College, Europäische Rechtsakademie, King's College London, Queen Mary University of London, University of Leicester, University of Helsinki.
• Book Reviews Editor for the European Law Review.

Research Supervision

Current PhD Student

Abayomi Al-Ameen

Carly James

'I would welcome proposals or enquiries regarding most areas of EU law. Of particular interest would be PhD or MPhil applications relating to European economic law.'