The book The Charter enshrines the key political social and economic rights of EU citizens and
residents in EU law. It obliges the EU to act and legislate consistently with the Charter and
enables the EU's courts to strike down EU legislation which contravenes it. It applies to EU
Member States when they are implementing EU law but does not extend the competences of the EU
beyond the competences given to it in the treaties. The new edition of the first commentary of
the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights in English written by experts from several EU Member
States provides an authoritative but succinct statement of how the Charter impacts upon EU
domestic and international law. Following the conventional article-by-article approach each
commentator offers an expert view of how each article is either already being interpreted in
the courts or is likely to be interpreted. Each commentary is referenced to the case law and
is augmented with extensive references to further reading. Cross-cutting chapters explore
questions such as accession implementation the Charter and the General Court and fundamental
social rights.
