Anthony Arnull
Professor Anthony Arnull KC (Hon) | |
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| Academic background | |
| Education |
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| Thesis | The impact on the individual of the general principles of the law of the European Economic Community (1987) |
| Doctoral advisor | Alan Dashwood[1] |
| Academic work | |
| Institutions | University of Birmingham |
| Website | https://www.birmingham.ac.uk/staff/profiles/law/arnull-anthony.aspx |
Anthony "Tony" Arnull KC (Hon) is a British legal scholar specialising in EU law and holds the Barber Chair of Jurisprudence at the University of Birmingham's Law School.
Early life and education
[edit]Arnull studied a BA in Law at the University of Sussex and at the Institut d'études européennes, Université libre de Bruxelles. He later qualified as a Solicitor of the Senior Courts of England and Wales within a Magic Circle law firm.[2] He then received a PhD from the University of Leicester.[2]
Career and research
[edit]1990
[edit]Arnull wrote The General Principles of EEC Law and the Individual in 1990, assessing the impact of the European Court of Justice. In a review, Lewis outlined:
"It must also be said that the discussion is certainly thorough and scholarly and Arnull makes thought-provoking observations on the case law."
2003
[edit]Arnull provided a memorandum to the UK's House of Lords after being asked to comment on the new roles the European Court of Justice would play in the Treaty of Nice[4]
2010
[edit]Arnull contributed to Channel 4's FactCheck on the Lord Pearson's claim: "Most of our national law is now made in Brussels" on Sky (6 April 2010)[5]
2017
[edit]In 2017, Arnull published European Union law: a very short introduction, a book aimed at the general public to introduce the laws of the European Union, within the popular a very short introduction book series from Oxford University Press.[6][7]
Editor
[edit]Arnull is a consultant editor on the European Law Journal[8]
Honours
[edit]In 2024, Arnull was made an honorary King's Counsel, in recognition of his outstanding scholarship on European Union Law, which, the Ministry of Justice noted, "is widely respected and has had a significant impact on legislation and case law."[9]
Publications
[edit]Books
[edit]- European Union Law: A Very Short Introduction (2017)[10]
- The European Union and its Court of Justice (2006)[11]
- The General Principles of EEC Law and the Individual (1990).
- The Oxford Handbook of European Union Law (2015).[12]
References
[edit]- ^ British Library (1987). The impact on the individual of the general principles of the law of the European Economic Community (Ph.D. thesis). University of Leicester.
- ^ a b "Professor Anthony Arnull". University of Birmingham. Retrieved 25 January 2021.
- ^ Lewis, Clive (1990). "The General Principles of EEC Law and the Individual. By Anthony Arnull. [London and Leicester: Leicester University Press. 1990. x, 282 (List of cases) 7, (Select Bibliography) 7 and (Index) 4 pp. Hardback £45.00 net]". The Cambridge Law Journal. 49 (3): 527–528. doi:10.1017/S0008197300122408. ISSN 0008-1973.
- ^ "House of Lords - European Union - Memoranda". publications.parliament.uk. Retrieved 25 January 2021.
- ^ Newman, Cathy (15 April 2010). "Is most of the UK's law made in Brussels?". Channel 4 News. Retrieved 25 January 2021.
- ^ Arnull, Anthony (2017). "European Union Law: A Very Short Introduction". doi:10.1093/actrade/9780198749981.001.0001. ISBN 978-0-19-874998-1. Retrieved 25 January 2021.
- ^ "European Union Law: A Very Short Introduction". University of Birmingham. Retrieved 25 January 2021.
- ^ University of Birmingham (2021). "Tony Arnull". University of Birmingham. Archived from the original on 29 October 2020.
- ^ "New King's Counsel and Honorary King's Counsel welcomed by Lord Chancellor".
- ^ Arnull, Anthony (2017). European Union law : a very short introduction (1st ed.). Oxford, United Kingdom: OUP Oxford. ISBN 978-0-19-874998-1. OCLC 967869382.
- ^ Arnull, Anthony. (2006). The European Union and its Court of Justice (2nd ed.). Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-925884-8. OCLC 65407133.
- ^ Chalmers, Damian; Arnull, Anthony, eds. (23 July 2015). The Oxford Handbook of European Union Law. Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199672646.001.0001. ISBN 978-0-19-175143-1.