EU Administrative Law by Diana-Urania Galetta and Jacques Ziller

K nowledge and understanding of European Union (EU) administrative law is a must for academics and practitioners, not least since the Big Bang Enlargement in 2004 when the EU integration took on a new dimension.The complexity, influence and importance of the EU's actions have been growing in parallel with its new calibre.With further enlargements on the horizon, the competence and impact of the EU are of ever more crucial status today.But what is EU administrative law?With all its significance and gravity, as the authors of this book acknowledge outright, one universal definition of EU administrative law does not exist.Some academic commentators focus on the policy administration or judicial review (Craig 2018), its relationship and consequences to the EU member states, such as implementation of EU law in national legal systems (Peers & Barnard 2023: chapter 8), while some approach the subject by employing other lenses such as political or administrative science (Hofman & Ors 2011).Whereas all are fascinating, one can be under an impression that the scholarship is rather disjointed.However,