TY - BOOK ID - 48234996 TI - EU agricultural law and policy AU - McMahon, Joseph A. AU - Edward Elgar Publishing PY - 2019 SN - 9781781002544 1781002541 178100255X PB - Northampton, MA : Edward Elgar Pub., DB - UniCat KW - Agricultural laws and legislation KW - Produce trade KW - Law and legislation KW - Agricultural laws and legislation - European Union countries KW - Produce trade - Law and legislation - European Union countries KW - European Union countries. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:48234996 AB - This comprehensive yet accessible book offers an in-depth overview of the law relating to the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP). It explores both the initial objectives set out in the Treaty on the Functioning of the EU, and also those policies that have emerged as a result of the growth of competencies within the EU. Examining the four regulations that currently govern the CAP in the areas of direct payments, rural development, finance, and the common organisation of the markets, the author considers their interpretation in the case-law of the Court of Justice of the EU and the General Court. Throughout this insightful book, the European Commission's proposals for CAP reform are discussed and an astute assessment of their National Strategic Plans concludes that Member States would benefit from greater discretion in fine-tuning the principles of the policy established at European level to the particular characteristics of their national agricultural sector. Students and scholars of European law and agricultural law more specifically will find this book a structured and nuanced guide to existing and future policy at both EU and WTO levels. Policy makers and practitioners will also find its up to date treatment of the law a valuable reference. ER -