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Foreign affairs and the EU constitution : selected essays /
"Foreign affairs are 'border' affairs - in a geographical and a constitutional sense. They are traditionally subject to distinct constitutional principles, for the political questions posed might not be susceptible to legal answers. And yet: in our globalized world, the orthodox disti...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York :
Cambridge University Press,
2014.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
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- Cover; Half title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; List of figures; List of tables; Acknowledgements; Table of cases; List of international instruments; List of EU Treaty articles (selection); List of abbreviations; Introduction; Part I International law and the EU Constitution: normative aspects; 1 On 'federal ground': the European Union as an (inter)national phenomenon; Introduction; 1 The 'supranational' Europe: a (very) brief history; 2 The European Union in the light of the American federal tradition; (a) The foundational dimension: Europe's 'constitutional treat(ies)'
- (B) The institutional dimension: a European Union of states and people(s)(c) The functional dimension: the division of powers in Europe; (d) Overall classification: the European Union on federal middle ground; 3 The European Union in the light of the European federal tradition; (a) Posing the sovereignty question: the 'Maastricht Decision'; (b) Europe's statist tradition unearthed: three constitutional denials; Conclusion; 2 On 'middle ground': the European Union and public international law; Introduction.
- 1 International norms formally binding on the Union: monism and the politics of direct effect(a) International agreements as direct sources of European law; (aa) The direct effect of international agreements
- a political question?; (bb) Indirect effects of international agreements in the European legal order; (b) Customary international law in the European legal order; 2 'External' international treaties and Union succession: from the GATT to the United Nations?; (a) Constitutional design: the United Nations and the Union legal order.
- (B) The Union judiciary and UN Security Council Resolutions(aa) The traditional approach: European autonomy with an 'internationalist' streak; (bb) A new approach? Yusuf and the 'subordination' of the European legal order; Conclusion; Coda: Kafka, Kadi, Kant; 3 The 'succession doctrine' and the European Union; Introduction; 1 External perspective: functional succession in international law; (a) Treaty succession and unions of states; (b) Bridging the gap: the (limited) direct responsibility of member states; 2 Internal perspective: functional succession in European law.
- (A) Survival without succession: Article 351 and prior Member State agreements(aa) The 'supremacy' of international treaties: internal and external limits; (bb) Temporal limits to treaty continuity: Article 351(2) TFEU; (b) Survival with succession: the theory and practice of functional succession; (aa) The European Court and the practice of Union succession; (bb) Bridging the gap: the Member States as 'trustees' of the Union; Conclusion; 4 European law and Member State agreements: an ambivalent relationship?; Introduction.