Publication

2014 - Cambridge University Press

Language

English

Word Count

136,000 words, Guess

Page Count

544 pages

Identifiers

and 3 more
  • Better World Books9781107037663
  • Better World BooksW8-AAO-373
  • Open LibraryOL26151896M

Classifications

  • LCCKJE5105 .S38 2014

Description

"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 distinction between 'internal' and 'external' affairs has lost much of its clarity. The contemporary world is an international world - a world of collective trade agreements and collective security systems. The European Union - as a union of States - embodies this collective spirit on a regional international scale. But what is the relationship between this new European legal order and the old legal order of international law? When can the Union act on the international scene and, if so: how? "Foreign Affairs and the EU Constitution" brings together a collection of outstanding essays on external relations written by one of the leading constitutional scholars of the European Union"--

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Other Editions

  • Foreign Affairs and the EU ConstitutionCambridge University Press2014-01-01

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