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This book offers a fresh new perspective on the long debated relationship between EU and international law.

Table of Contents

Introduction: The Interface between EU and International Law
Inge Govaere and Sacha Garben

PART I
A HORIZONTAL, HOLISTIC APPROACH
1. Interconnecting Legal Systems and the Autonomous EU Legal Order: A Balloon Dynamic
Inge Govaere
2. The Axiological Emancipation of a (Non-)Principle: Autonomy, International Law and the EU Legal Order
Violeta Moreno-Lax
3. Studying International and European Law: Confronting Perspectives and Combining Interests
Ramses A Wessel

PART II
THE INTERACTION BETWEEN EU AND INTERNATIONAL LAW IN SELECTED AREAS
4. Integrated Rights Protection in the European and International Context: Some Reflections about Limits and Consequences
Christina Eckes
5. A Balloon Dynamic in the Area of Social Rights
Sacha Garben
6. The Interplay of International and EU Environmental Law
Nicola Notaro and Mario Pagano
7. Implementing International Norms through EU Procedure? The Case of Business and Human Rights
Pierre Thielbörger

PART III
THE EU AND ‘THIRD’ COUNTRIES
8. On the Cusp: Brexit and Public International Law
Kieran Bradley
9. EU Enlargement, Extra-Territorial Application of EU Law and the International Dimension
Christophe Hillion and Vincent Delhomme
10. Law and Practice of the EU’s Trade Agreements with ‘Disputed’ Territories: A Consistent Approach?
Guillaume Van der Loo
11. We’ll Always have Geneva: The Existential Crisis of the US-led Multilateral Trading System and the EU Reactions
Michael Hahn

PART IV
A VIEW FROM PRACTICE: COMMENTS ON CURRENT DEVELOPMENTS IN THE INTERFACE BETWEEN
EU AND INTERNATIONAL LAW
12. The Interaction between Public International Law and EU Law: The Role Played by the Court of Justice
Ricardo da Silva Passos
13. The Rosneft Case as a Good Example of Smooth Interaction between EU Law and International Law in the Most Recent Post-Lisbon Jurisprudence of the Court of Justice
Jenö Czuczai
14. An Incoherent Approach Towards Aarhus and CETA: The Commission and External Oversight Mechanisms
Laurens Ankersmit

About the Author

Inge Govaere is Professor of European Law, Jean Monnet Chair in EU Legal Studies and Director, Ghent European Law Institute (GELI), at Ghent University as well as Director of the European Legal Studies Department at the College of Europe.

Sacha Garben is Professor of EU Law at the College of Europe.