Lorna Woods is Professor of Law and Deputy Director of Research at the University of Essex. She has taught EU law for many years and also has extensive experience in the field of media policy and communications regulation.

Philippa Watson is Professor of Law at the Institute for the Study of European Law (ISEL), The City Law School, City, University of London, and a Barrister at Essex Court Chambers in London. Her specialist area is EU competition law.


Marios Costa is a Senior Lecturer in Law at the Institute for the Study of European Law (ISEL), The City Law School, City, University of London. His principal research interests are in the area of accountability and transparency at the EU level of governance.

Steiner & Woods EU Law offers well-balanced and straightforward coverage of EU law, drawing out key case law for a student readership. The book offers the most comprehensive black letter guide to EU law for undergraduates and postgraduates, bringing together the expertise of three authors engaged in the teaching and practice of EU law.

Part I; 1 From EEC to EU: a brief history of the development of the Union; 2 Institutions of the Union: composition and powers; 3 Scope of the EU Treaty: laws and lawmaking; 4 Principle of supremacy of EU law; 5 Principles of direct applicability and direct effects; 6 General principles of law; Part II; 7 Framework for enforcement; 8 Remedies in national courts; 9 State liability; 10 The preliminary rulings procedure; 11 Enforcement actions; 12 Direct action for annulment; 13 Action for failure to act; 14 Union liability in tort: action for damages; Part III; 15 Introduction to the internal market; 16 Harmonisation; 17 Customs union; 18 Free movement of goods; 19 Derogation from the free movement of goods; 20 Free movement of payments and capital; 21 Citizenship: rights of free movement and residence; 22 Economic rights: workers, establishment and services; 23 Free movement: social rights; 24 Right to receive services; 25 Free movement of persons: limitations on grounds of public policy, public security or public health; 26 The area of freedom, security and justice: EU home affairs law and policy; 27 Discrimination; 28 Introduction to competition law; 29 EU competition law

Trusted by students and lecturers for almost thirty years, Steiner & Woods EU Law is the most comprehensive black letter guide to the subject, leading the reader through the subject in a straightforward way, and bringing together the expertise of three authors engaged in the teaching and practice of EU law.

The book includes a well-balanced range of topics for students taking an EU law course at any level. Offering a careful blend of institutional and substantive coverage, it focuses on explaining the law clearly for student readers. Case detail is clearly sign-posted throughout the text, with key cases highlighted and discussed in feature boxes, ensuring students are up to speed with the most important case law in the area.

End of chapter reading suggestions, along with a detailed bibliography, provide a helpful starting point for essay preparation and independent research.

The book is accompanied by an Online Resource Centre which includes self-test questions and answers, an interactive map and timeline of the EU, and video clips relating to the development and procedures of the EU.

As the process of the UK leaving the EU unfolds, readers can also visit the OUP European Union Law Resource Centre for up-to-date comment, opinion, and updates created by our authors to engage students with the legal and political issues and considerations at play.