Steve Peers is a Professor of Law at the University of Essex. He is a specialist in EU law, including EU Justice and Home Affairs law. He has written extensively on many different aspects of the topic, and worked as a consultant or advisor for the UK House of Lords, EU Commission and European Parliament, as well as a number of NGOs. He discusses EU law frequently on TV and radio and is the editor of the EU Law Analysis blog.

• Volume I: EU Immigration and Asylum Law


• 1: Introduction


• 2: Institutional Framework


• 3: Border Controls


• 4: Visas


• 5: Asylum


• 6: Legal Migration


• 7: Irregular Migration


• Volume II: Criminal Law, Policing, and Civil Law


• 1: Introduction


• 2: Institutional Framework


• 3: Criminal Law: Mutual Recognition


• 4: Criminal Law: Criminal Procedure


• 5: Substantive Criminal Law


• 6: Criminal Law: Jurisdiction, Coordination, and Prosecution


• 7: Policing and Security


• 8: Civil Cooperation

A detailed examination of EU legislation and case law on immigration, asylum, visas, border controls, and police and criminal law cooperation, this book discusses the impact and development of EU law in these complex and controversial areas. It includes an assessment of these laws from the human rights perspective and how they apply in practice.