This course examines the law and policy of the European Union, as they have evolved from the establishment of a European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC) by six Western European countries in 1951, to the crafting of a Constitution for a European Union of twenty-five members and growing. It begins by considering fundamental questions about the process of European legal and institutional integration; the nature and sources of EU Law; the evolution of the European Single Market and the building of a European supranational judicial system. It explores the General Principles of EU Law, the scope of Community powers and their application in the national legal systems of the Member States, EU legislation and adjudication, the "Four Freedoms" of the Single Market (goods, services, capital and workers), EU corporate and competition policy, and EU Human Rights Law. It then goes on to discuss a series of transatlantic questions that are of particular interest to American and International lawyers today – including the coherence of the EU as a foreign policy actor; US-EU trade and anti-trust issues; EU regulatory requirements for American business, and; US-EU cooperation in defense, development assistance, and the promotion of democracy and the rule of law in transitional countries. Throughout, the class explores policy, as well as legal considerations, and come in close contact with EU cases and materials. This course provides a thorough general introduction to EU Law and a specialization in one of the most dynamic areas of international law.