Anthony "Tony" Arnull is a British legal scholar specialising in

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and holds the Barber Chair of Jurisprudence at the

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's Law School.

Early life and education

Arnull studied a BA in Law at the

University of Sussex , mottoeng = Be Still and Know , established = , type = Public research university , endowment = £14.4 million (2020) , budget = £319.6 million (2019–20) , chancellor = Sanjeev Bhaskar , vice_chancellor = Sasha Roseneil , ...

and at the , Université libre de Bruxelles. He later then went on to qualify as a Solicitor of the Senior Courts of England and Wales within a

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law firm. He then went on to study at the

University of Leicester , mottoeng = So that they may have life , established = , type = public research university , endowment = £20.0 million , budget = £326 million , chancellor = David Willetts , vice_chancellor = Nishan Canagarajah , head_lab ...

for his PhD.

Career and research

1990

Arnull wrote ''The General Principles of EEC Law and the Individual'' in 1990, assessing the impact of the European Court of Justice. In a review, Lewis outlined: * "It must also be said that the discussion is certainly thorough and scholarly and Arnull makes thought-provoking observations on the case law."

2003

Arnull provided a

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to the UK's

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after being asked to comment on the new roles the European Court of Justice would play in the

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2010

Arnull contributed to

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's FactCheck on the Lord Pearson's claim: "Most of our national law is now made in Brussels" on Sky (6 April 2010)

2017

In 2017, Arnull published ''European Union law: a very short introduction,'' a book aimed at the general public to introduce the laws of the

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, within the popular ''

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'' book series from

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Editor

Arnull is a consultant editor on the European Law Journal

Publications

Books

* European Union Law: A Very Short Introduction (2017) *The European Union and its Court of Justice (2006) *The General Principles of EEC Law and the Individual (1990). *The Oxford Handbook of European Union Law (2015).

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Arnull, Anthony Living people English solicitors Academics of the University of Birmingham European Union Alumni of the University of Sussex Alumni of the University of Leicester Year of birth missing (living people)