Anthony Arnull Explained

Honorific Prefix:	Professor
Anthony Arnull
Honorific Suffix:	KC (Hon)
Website:	https://www.birmingham.ac.uk/staff/profiles/law/arnull-anthony.aspx
Thesis Title:	The impact on the individual of the general principles of the law of the European Economic Community
Thesis Url:	https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.292965
Thesis Year:	1987
Doctoral Advisor:	Alan Dashwood^[1]
Workplaces:	University of Birmingham

Anthony "Tony" Arnull (Hon) is a British legal scholar specialising in EU law and holds the Barber Chair of Jurisprudence at the University of Birmingham's Law School.

Early life and education

Arnull studied a BA in Law at the University of Sussex and at the, Université libre de Bruxelles. He later qualified as a Solicitor of the Senior Courts of England and Wales within a Magic Circle law firm.^[2] He then received a PhD from the University of Leicester.

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:

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2003

Arnull provided a memorandum to the UK's House of Lords after being asked to comment on the new roles the European Court of Justice would play in the Treaty of Nice^[4]

2010

Arnull contributed to Channel 4's FactCheck on the Lord Pearson's claim: "Most of our national law is now made in Brussels" on Sky (6 April 2010)^[5]

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 European Union, within the popular a very short introduction book series from Oxford University Press.^{[6] [7]}

Editor

Arnull is a consultant editor on the European Law Journal^[8]

Honours

In 2024, Arnull was made an honorary King's Counsel, in recognition of his outstanding scholarship on European Union Law, which, the Ministry of Justice noted, "is widely respected and has had a significant impact on legislation and case law."^[9]

Publications

Books

• European Union Law: A Very Short Introduction (2017)^[10]
• The European Union and its Court of Justice (2006)^[11]
• The General Principles of EEC Law and the Individual (1990).
• The Oxford Handbook of European Union Law (2015).^[12]

Notes and References

1. The impact on the individual of the general principles of the law of the European Economic Community. University of Leicester. 1987. Ph.D.. British Library.
2. Web site: Professor Anthony Arnull. 2021-01-25. University of Birmingham. en-GB.
3. Lewis. Clive. 1990. The General Principles of EEC Law and the Individual. By Anthony Arnull. [London and Leicester: Leicester University Press. 1990. x, 282 (List of cases) 7, (Select Bibliography) 7 and (Index) 4 pp. Hardback £45.00 net].]. The Cambridge Law Journal. en. 49. 3. 527–528. 10.1017/S0008197300122408. 0008-1973.
4. Web site: House of Lords - European Union - Memoranda. 2021-01-25. publications.parliament.uk.
5. Web site: Newman. Cathy. 2010-04-15. Is most of the UK's law made in Brussels?. 2021-01-25. Channel 4 News. en-GB.
6. Web site: European Union Law: A Very Short Introduction. 2017. 2021-01-25. 10.1093/actrade/9780198749981.001.0001. Arnull. Anthony. 978-0-19-874998-1.
7. Web site: European Union Law: A Very Short Introduction. 2021-01-25. University of Birmingham. en-GB.
8. Web site: University of Birmingham. 2021. Tony Arnull. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20201029201856/https://research.birmingham.ac.uk/portal/en/persons/tony-arnull(bef605db-518d-47f9-9f7d-8af61d1633b8).html . 29 October 2020 . University of Birmingham.
9. Web site: New King's Counsel and Honorary King's Counsel welcomed by Lord Chancellor .
10. Book: Arnull, Anthony. European Union law : a very short introduction. OUP Oxford. 2017. 978-0-19-874998-1. 1st. Oxford, United Kingdom. 967869382.
11. Book: Arnull, Anthony.. The European Union and its Court of Justice. 2006. Oxford University Press. 0-19-925884-8. 2nd. Oxford. 65407133.
12. Book: The Oxford Handbook of European Union Law. 2015-07-23. Oxford University Press. 978-0-19-175143-1. en-US. 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199672646.001.0001. Chalmers. Damian. Anthony. Arnull.