"The aim of this book is to analyse the principal legal dimensions of the Ireland-Northern Ireland Protocol ('the Protocol'), which is part of the EU-UK Withdrawal Agreement ('WA'), negotiated to enable the United Kingdom ('UK') to leave the European Union ('EU') in an orderly fashion. The purpose of this Introduction is to set out some of the basic background needed to understand the scope and content of the Protocol, and how this book attempts systematically to describe and analyse it. The Protocol is most appropriately seen in the context of the desire to preserve the Belfast-Good Friday Agreement ('1998 Agreement'), the changing politics of the UK Parliament and Government over the relevant period, and the subsequently negotiated Trade and Co-operation Agreement ('TCA')"--

1. Introduction Christopher McCrudden; 2. The 1998 agreement: Context and status Colin Harvey; 3. Legal structure, rights and enforceability Paul Craig; 4. Committees of the protocol Katy Hayward; 5. Dispute settlement Jan Wouters; 6. Interpreting the protocol Stephen Weatherill; 7. International rules on treaty interpretation Steven Ratner; 8. Good faith Christopher McCrudden; 9. The status of the withdrawal agreement in United Kingdom law Catherine Barnard; 10. The protocol in northern Ireland law Gordon Anthony; 11. The protocol in Irish law David Fennelly; 12. Human rights and equality Christopher McCrudden; 13. The charter of fundamental rights Bernard McCloskey; 14. The common travel area Imelda Maher; 15. Citizenship and identity in northern Ireland Colin Murray; 16. Citizenship beyond Irish and British Tobias Lock; 17. The Irish Sea customs border Anna Jerzewska; 18. Competition Vincent Power; 19. State aid George Peretz; 20. Environment and trade Mary Dobbs and Viviane Gravey; 21. Free movement of services Gavin Barett; 22. Public procurement Catherine Donnelly; 23. Law enforcement and judicial cooperation in criminal matters Gemma Davies; 24. Jurisdiction, choice of law and enforcement of foreign judgments David Kenny; 25. Safeguard provisions Billy Melo Araujo and Stephen Brittain.