A primer on the European Union and its legal system.

From: Army Lawyer | Date: December 1, 2002| Author: McCormick, Michael J. | Copyright information

Most Americans first heard of the European Union (EU) when twelve of its member countries introduced the Euro on 1 January 2002. (1) The EU, however, has existed for the latter half of the Twentieth Century. As the EU has evolved, so have the debates about its proper role in relation to its member nations. As one European commentator stated: 

   For some [the EU] is simply a set of intergovernmental 
   institutions, useful for specific 
   purposes, but without any wider i...

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