Brexit & EU Law

Key Links

• The UK Parliament approved the Withdrawal Agreement by enacting the European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) Act 2020, on the 23rd January 2020, which can be accessed at the
  link below.
  http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2020/1/contents/enacted
  
• The EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement, signed on 30th December 2020, can be found here.
  
• The Institute for Government provides a helpful table breaking down the Withdrawal Agreement Act, and explaining how it differs from the October 2019 bill.

OUP Brexit Blog Posts

• Blog Post 8: The TCA and Human Rights By Professor Steve Peers
  February 2021 – Find out what happens to the UK/EU relationship if the UK decides to leave the ECHR, or to repeal or amend the Human Rights Act.
  
• Blog Post 7: The EU/UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement By Professor Steve Peers
  January 2021 – This month's post provides the latest overview of the Brexit deal: the EU/UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement.
  
• Blog Post 6: Brexit legal developments: the proposed Internal Market bill By Professor Steve Peers
  November 2020 – Steve Peers outlines the legal issues surrounding the proposed Internal Market bill.
  
• Blog Post 5: Negotiating the future relationship between the UK and EU By Professor Steve Peers
  August 2020 – This month’s blog post provides an overview of negotiations on the future relationship between the UK and EU.
  
• Blog Post 4: The Withdrawal Agreement Act 2020 By Professor Steve Peers
  April 2020 – Steve Peers summarises the contents and effects of the 2020 Withdrawal Act.
  
• Blog Post 3: The UK’s Withdrawal Agreement by Professor Steve Peers
  March 2020 – Steve Peers provides an overview of the UK’s Withdrawal Agreement.
  
• Blog Post 2: The Third Brexit Extension by Professor Steve Peers
  November 2019 - In this post Steve Peers outlines what the third brexit extension meant for both UK and EU law.
  
• Blog Post 1: Article 50 TFEU by Nigel Foster
  September 2019 - The first of a series of blogs on issues related to Brexit. This post breaks down Article 50 and the recent prorogation of parliament.

Study Resources

• 'Human Rights in the UK After Brexit: An Overview' - Carole Lyons at Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen, summarises the impact of Brexit on human rights law in the UK, explaining the UK’s relationship with EU human rights Law and how this will change now that the UK is no longer a Member State. Get to grips with this important aspect of EU-UK legal relations and the future of UK law. (Submitted 21st June 2020.)
  
• 'What you need to know about Brexit and your study of EU law' - Professor Tamara Hervey at the University of Sheffield, and a selection of her students, have created a resource which provides you with a summary of what you need to know about Brexit and your study of EU law. Emboldened words and phrases are defined in the glossary at the end of the resource. This version is updated with Brexit developments up to May 2020 (submitted 15th May 2020).
  
• Follow the full history of the European Union from 1945 to 2021 with our complete timeline.
  
• Table of equivalences.
  

Explore further

• http://eulawanalysis.blogspot.co.uk/
EU Law Analysis: a blog containing expert insight into EU law developments from Steve Peers and a variety of specialist contributors.

• http://europeanlawblog.eu/
European Law Blog: A global pool of contributors provide a range of analyses of and ideas on EU law, including Brexit-related topics. Use the main menu to navigate to the Brexit content.

• https://ukandeu.ac.uk/
UK in a Changing Europe: Based at King’s College London, this initiative aims to provide authoritative, impartial and accessible explanation and analysis about UK-EU relations.

• https://brexit.law/
Brexit Law: Run by Brick Court Chambers, Brexit Law has regular updates on more specialised areas of law affected by Brexit.

• http://www.ejiltalk.org/
EJIL: Talk!: The blog of the European Journal of International Law: not EU law specific, but contains good coverage of Brexit issues.

• https://publiclawforeveryone.com/
Public Law for Everyone: Not EU law focused, but great for supplementary reading and a UK focus: Mark Elliott looks at Brexit from a public law standpoint.

• https://ukconstitutionallaw.org/blog/
UK Constitutional Law Association blog: Again not EU law focused, but offers a wide range of voices on Brexit issues (amongst other constitutional law articles).

• http://blog.oup.com/?s=brexit
OUPblog: Features articles covering the legal, political, economic, and scientific implications of Brexit from expert authors in their respective fields.

• http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/brexit/
The LSE Brexit Blog follows Brexit developments and provides a wealth of insightful articles.

• http://www.ucl.ac.uk/european-institute/brexit-hub
The UCL Brexit Hub features a range of media providing updates and insights on Brexit.