The UK's Withdrawal from the EU: A Legal Analysis

Michael Dougan

Sep 2021 · Oxford University Press

About this ebook

Following a national referendum on 23rd June 2016, the UK announced its intention to end its decades-long membership of the EU, perhaps the most dramatic and important change in national policy since 1945. That decision initiated a process of complex negotiations aimed at making the arrangements required for an "orderly Brexit". The UK's Withdrawal from the EU explores the UK's departure from the EU from a legal perspective: Michael Dougan provides a critical analysis of the final EU-UK Withdrawal Agreement, including explorations of the future protection of citizens' rights, the border between Ireland and Northern Ireland, and the prospects for future EU-UK relations in fields such as trade and security. These explorations also include an analysis of the primary problems that arose during the Brexit negotiation process and various constitutional principles relevant to EU withdrawal law.

About the author

Michael Dougan is Professor of European Law at the University of Liverpool and Joint Editor of The Common Market Law Review. He previously held positions at the University of Cambridge and University College London. Dougan is one of the leading authorities on EU constitutional law and has made extensive--as well as influential--contributions to the UK's academic, policy, and public debates about membership of and withdrawal from the EU.