Includes bibliographical references and index.

Setting the context for European public law --Law and government : a comparative tour -- The union and national systems and their contribution to European public law -- The main features of UK constitutional law and European integration -- 'An ever closer union ... in which decisions are taken ... as closely as possible to the citizen' : subsidiarity and devolution -- ' ... As openly as possible ... ' : transparency, openness and access to information -- National participation in union affairs : democracy, the UK Parliament, devolved parliaments and the EU -- Principles of review -- Citizenship and protection of human rights -- Public liability : European influence and domestic change -- The EU ombudsman, complaints and internal complaints and grievance procedures -- Competition, regulation, public service and the market -- Future considerations.