Visa policy within the European Union structure

More about the book

This book is my PhD thesis which I defended at University College London in January 2005.1 would like to express my gratitude to my supervisor, Professor Ei­ leen Denza, for introducing me, aheady during my LLM, to a subject which has proven to be a most interesting and rewarding topic of research, and for having been so supportive and encouraging throughout my PhD and afterwards. I am grateful to my PhD examiners, Professor Marise Cremona and Professor Alan Dashwood, for their helpful suggestions on how to improve the thesis for pubHcation. I would like to thank Professor Elspeth Guild, Mr. Gerard Beaudu from DG JHA of the European Commission, and Mr. Nick Baird from the Foreign & Com­ monwealth Office for discussing visa policy with me. I would also like to thank the Arts and Humanities Research Board (AHRB) for their funding. Last but not least, I would like to thank Alfredo, Angela and Antonella Meloni for all their moral and financial support throughout my PhD.