This book explores the relationship between European Union law, culture, and identity. It illustrates how cultual issues permeate all aspects of Community law; shaping the development of policies in areas as diverse as internal and external trade, education, sport, language use, and the mass media. - Съдържа: Introduction / by Rachael Craufurd Smith -- The development of cultural policy by the European Community. European Community intervention in the cultural field: continuity or change? / by Rachael Craufurd Smith -- Trading cultures: culture and commerce in the European Union. Labels, locals, and the free movement of goods / by Niamh Nic Shuibhne ; Sport as culture in European Community law / by Stephen Weatherill ; The gardener and other stories: the peregrinations of cultural artefacts within the European Union / by Andrea Biondi -- Communicating culture in the European Union: the media, language, and education. European Community law and the cultural aspects of television / by Josh Holmes ; Language law of the European Union: protecting or eroding linguistic diversity? / by Bruno de Witte ; Reflections on education and culture in European Community law / by Julian Lonbay -- Culture, identity, and European integration. Article 151 EC and European identity / by Rachael Craufurd Smith ; Long-term resident third country nationals in the European Union: institutional legacies and evolving norms / by Theodora Kostakopoulou -- Culture and the European Union's external relations: trade and aid. Preserving and promoting differences? The external dimension of cultural cooperation / by Joseph A. McMahon ; From regional to global freedom of trade in audio-visual goods and services? A comparison of the impact on the audio-visual sector of the preferential trade zones established by the European Community and the World Trade Organization / by Olaf Weber -- Concluding observations. Culture and European Union law: the exploration of an interface / by Paul Kearns.*