Takis Tridimas is the Sir John Lubbock Professor of Banking Law and head of the International Financial Law Unit of the Centre for Commercial Law Studies at Queen Mary, University of London. He is the co-editor of the Yearbook of European law. He is a Barrister (Middle Temple) and a qualified Greek advocate. In 2003 he was senior legal adviser to the EU Presidency and chairman of the Committee for the Drafting of the Treaty of Accession to the EU by which ten new States joined the European Union. He is also visiting Professor at the College of Europe, Bruges.

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• Table of Cases ; Table of Legislation ; 1. The General Principles of Law in the European Union Legal Order ; 2. The Principle of Equality ; 3. The Principle of Proportionality: Review of Community Measures ; 4. The Principle of Proportionality: Relationship with Competence and Subsidiarity ; 5. The Principle of Proportionality: Review of National Measures ; 6. Legal Certainty and Protection of Legitimate Expectations ; 7. Fundamental Rights ; 8. The Rights of Defence ; 9. The Principle of Effectiveness ; LIABILITY OF COMMUNITY INSTITUTIONS ; 11. State Liability for Breach of EU Law ; 12. Conclusions ; Bibliography ; Index

Takis Tridimas is the Sir John Lubbock Professor of Banking Law and head of the International Financial Law Unit of the Centre for Commercial Law Studies at Queen Mary, University of London. He is the co-editor of the Yearbook of European law. He is a Barrister (Middle Temple) and a qualified Greek advocate. In 2003 he was senior legal adviser to the EU Presidency and chairman of the Committee for the Drafting of the Treaty of Accession to the EU by which ten new States joined the European Union. He is also visiting Professor at the College of Europe, Bruges.

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• Table of Cases ; Table of Legislation ; 1. The General Principles of Law in the European Union Legal Order ; 2. The Principle of Equality ; 3. The Principle of Proportionality: Review of Community Measures ; 4. The Principle of Proportionality: Relationship with Competence and Subsidiarity ; 5. The Principle of Proportionality: Review of National Measures ; 6. Legal Certainty and Protection of Legitimate Expectations ; 7. Fundamental Rights ; 8. The Rights of Defence ; 9. The Principle of Effectiveness ; LIABILITY OF COMMUNITY INSTITUTIONS ; 11. State Liability for Breach of EU Law ; 12. Conclusions ; Bibliography ; Index

Takis Tridimas is the Sir John Lubbock Professor of Banking Law and head of the International Financial Law Unit of the Centre for Commercial Law Studies at Queen Mary, University of London. He is the co-editor of the Yearbook of European law. He is a Barrister (Middle Temple) and a qualified Greek advocate. In 2003 he was senior legal adviser to the EU Presidency and chairman of the Committee for the Drafting of the Treaty of Accession to the EU by which ten new States joined the European Union. He is also visiting Professor at the College of Europe, Bruges.

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• Table of Cases ; Table of Legislation ; 1. The General Principles of Law in the European Union Legal Order ; 2. The Principle of Equality ; 3. The Principle of Proportionality: Review of Community Measures ; 4. The Principle of Proportionality: Relationship with Competence and Subsidiarity ; 5. The Principle of Proportionality: Review of National Measures ; 6. Legal Certainty and Protection of Legitimate Expectations ; 7. Fundamental Rights ; 8. The Rights of Defence ; 9. The Principle of Effectiveness ; LIABILITY OF COMMUNITY INSTITUTIONS ; 11. State Liability for Breach of EU Law ; 12. Conclusions ; Bibliography ; Index