Library Guides: European Union: EU Law Sources

Background sources

Oxford Handbook of European Union Law
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Scholarly Essays on every facet of EU law
Routledge Handbook of European Elections
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Country by country discussion of electoral systems and politics in Europe. Includes discussion of relations with the EU.
Routledge Handbook of European Politics
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Covers both national and EU political systems and institutions,discussion of political elites, social and civic organizations, and party systems.
Annual Review of Political Science
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Annual Reviews are scholarly surveys of the literature in a particular field. Use them to review your topic or to find citations to more in-depth articles.
The Social Construction of Law: The European Court of Justice and Its Legal Revolution Revisited
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From the Annual Review of Law and Social Science (2011)

EU Treaty Sources
Links to the full text of the major EU treaties
EUR-LEX
Primary database for EU law. Includes treaties, legislation, preparatory acts, national implementation measures, and more
European E-Justice Portal
Designed to be a one stop shop on justice issues across the EU.

Official Journal of the European Union
The record of all legislation and regulations from the EU.
EUR-Lex: access to European Union law
European Union law, other public EU documents, and the electronic Official Journal of the EU in 24 languages. Also see the EU Law section of the European Union website.