The Internal Market Ideal: Essays in Honour of Stephen Weatherill [Hardcover]

The Internal Market Idealis an essay collection honouring Professor Stephen Weatherill. A reference to his seminal workThe Internal Market as a Legal Concept(OUP, 2016), this volume celebrates Weatherill's scholarship and examines the legal issues surrounding the semi-integrated market of the European Union.The Internal Market Idealhonours the pathbreaking work of Professor Stephen Weatherill, Jacques Delors Professor of European Law at the University of Oxford (1998-2021). For more than three decades, Professor Weatherill has been the dominant figure in internal market debates, shaping the European Union's Internal Market both at Oxford and internationally. Looming large in fields as disparate as consumer protection and sports law, his voice has guided how relevant laws and regulations are understood and how their varying virtues and pitfalls are perceived.A reference to his seminal workThe Internal Market as a Legal Concept(OUP, 2016), the present volume is not simply a celebration of Weatherill's scholarship, but also an examination of the legal issues surrounding the semi-integrated market of the European Union. Across nineteen essays, the collection presents a vision of the European Union not yet achieved; that is, a Union which benefits from economic growth and pursues non-economic objectives, whilst carefully balancing respect for Member States' autonomy and the European Union's self-sufficiency.The Internal Market Idealis an invaluable resource for students, researchers, practitioners, and policy makers in the field of European Law.Part I: The Ever-Developing Nature of Internal Market Law1. The Internal Market as an Incomplete and Evolving Structure: But Evolving Towards Where Exactly?,Michal Bobek2. The Maturation of European Data Law: From Fundamental Rights to Economic Rights,Mich?le Finck3. Economic and Monetary Union and the single market: a coming-of-age story?,Alicia Hlƒ”