The Oxford Guide to Treaties

The Oxford Guide to Treaties
Author: Duncan B. Hollis
Publisher:
Total Pages: 897
Release: 2020
Genre: Law
ISBN: 019884834X

This guide is an authoritative reference point for anyone interested in the creation or interpretation of treaties and other forms of international agreement. It covers the rules and practices surrounding their making, interpretation, and operation, and uses hundreds of real examples to illustrate different approaches treaty-makers can take.

Handbook on the EU and International Trade

Handbook on the EU and International Trade
Author: Sangeeta Khorana
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
Total Pages: 433
Release: 2018-08-31
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1785367471

The Handbook on the EU and International Trade presents a multidisciplinary overview of the major perspectives, actors and issues in contemporary EU trade relations. Changes in institutional dynamics, Brexit, the politicisation of trade, competing foreign policy agendas, and adaptation to trade patterns of value chains and the digital and knowledge economy are reshaping the European Union's trade policy. The authors tackle how these challenges frame the aims, processes and effectiveness of trade policy making in the context of the EU's trade relations with developed, developing and emerging states in the global economy.

The EU and the Rule of Law in International Economic Relations

The EU and the Rule of Law in International Economic Relations
Author: Biondi, Andrea
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
Total Pages: 368
Release: 2021-10-22
Genre: Law
ISBN: 1839103353

This timely book explores the complexities of the EU’s international economic relations in the context of its commitment to the rule of law both within the Union and internationally. Bringing together diverse perspectives from both EU and international law scholars and practitioners, the book investigates some of the most controversial and lively issues in the field of EU external relations and the relationship between EU law and international law.

Social Standards in EU and US Trade Agreements

Social Standards in EU and US Trade Agreements
Author: Evgeny Postnikov
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 146
Release: 2020-04-02
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1351627368

This book examines the causes and consequences of social standards in US and EU preferential trade agreements (PTAs). PTAs are the new reality of the global trading system. Pursued by both developed and developing countries, they increasingly incorporate labor and environmental issues to prevent a race to the bottom in social regulation and counter-protectionism. Using principal-agent theory to explore why US PTAs have stricter social standards than those signed by the EU, Postnikov argues that the level of institutional insulation of trade policy executives from interest groups and legislators determines the design of social standards. In the EU, where institutional insulation is high, social standards mirror the normative preferences of the European Commission leading to a softer approach. In the US, where such insulation is low, social standards are driven by interest groups and legislators they control, resulting in a stricter approach. This book shows that both approaches can be effective but work through different causal mechanisms. To test his argument, Postnikov draws on original data collected in Brussels, Washington, Santiago, Bogota, and Seoul. This book will be of interest to all scholars and students working in the fields of international political economy and EU and US trade policy.

International Law and the European Union

International Law and the European Union
Author: Jed Odermatt
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 273
Release: 2021-10-21
Genre: Law
ISBN: 1108841996

International Law and the European Union addresses the public international law issues that arise from the European Union's international action.

EU Bilateral Trade Agreements and Intellectual Property: For Better or Worse?

EU Bilateral Trade Agreements and Intellectual Property: For Better or Worse?
Author: Josef Drexl
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 307
Release: 2013-11-19
Genre: Law
ISBN: 3642390978

​​​​ ​This book focuses on a new generation of bilateral and regional agreements negotiated by the EU with developing countries and which include intellectual property (IP) provisions setting standards exceeding those of the TRIPS Agreement. The contributions critically analyse the IP standards found in these agreements; their potential for reforming the international IP system; the implications for the multilateral IP system and other areas of international law such as human rights; and the often neglected topic of implementing the IP obligations in these agreements.​

The Democratisation of EU International Relations Through EU Law

The Democratisation of EU International Relations Through EU Law
Author: Juan Santos Vara
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 302
Release: 2018-07-27
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 135171421X

Since the entry into force of the Treaty of Lisbon, key improvements have occurred in the democratisation of EU international relations through the increased powers of the European Parliament. Nevertheless, a comprehensive legal analysis of the new developments in democratic control of EU external action has not yet been performed. This book aims to improve the understanding of the set of mechanisms through which democratic control is exerted over EU external action, in times of profound transformations of the legal and political architecture of the European integration process. It analyses the role of the Court of Justice in the democratisation of international relations through EU law, and further provides a legal overview of the role of the European Parliament in the conduct of the EU's international relations. In those areas where the powers of the Parliament have greatly increased the book aims to raise questions as to whether this enhanced position has contributed to a more consistent external action. At the same time, the book aims to contribute to the debate on judicial activism in connection with the democratisation of EU external action. It offers the reader a detailed and topical analysis of the recent developments in democratic control of external action which are of relevance in the daily practice of EU external relations lawyers, including the topic of mixed agreements This text will be of key interest to scholars and students working on EU external relations law, EU institutional law, European Union studies/politics, international relations, and more broadly to policy-makers and practitioners, particularly to those with an interest on the European Parliament and the Court of Justice of the European Union.

International Law as Law of the European Union

International Law as Law of the European Union
Author: Enzo Cannizzaro
Publisher: Martinus Nijhoff Publishers
Total Pages: 429
Release: 2011-10-28
Genre: Law
ISBN: 9004188576

With a view to recent developments in both the EU and the global legal order, International Law as Law of the European Union explores how, and to what extent, international law still forms part of, and plays a role in, the current legal order of the European Union.

Human Rights Conditionality in the EU's International Agreements

Human Rights Conditionality in the EU's International Agreements
Author: Lorand Bartels
Publisher: Oxford University Press on Demand
Total Pages: 270
Release: 2005
Genre: Law
ISBN: 9780199277193

Since the early 1990s, the European Union has included human rights conditionality clauses in its association agreements and other international trade and cooperation agreements. The purpose of these clauses is to entitle a party to take appropriate measures, including suspension of the agreement, in the event that the other party violates human rights or democratic principles. This book provides an account of the evolution of these clauses, their scope and their operation, and analyses the EU's responsibility, under international law, to implement these clauses domestically. Based on this examination, the book explores the extent to which the EU has the legislative competence to include such clauses in its international agreements, and concludes by considering the implications of ultra vires agreements in EU law. This study offers theoretical insights into aspects of international law as well as EU constitutional and external relations law. Its practical conclusionshave major implications not only for the application of human rights clauses, but also for the EU's international treaty practice more generally. Dr Lorand Bartels brings his expertise in international law to this engaging discussion of the EU's use of human rights conditionality in its international agreements.

The EU Maritime Safety Policy and International Law

The EU Maritime Safety Policy and International Law
Author: Henrik Ringbom
Publisher: BRILL
Total Pages: 620
Release: 2008-09-30
Genre: Law
ISBN: 9047444965

This book offers a comprehensive international law analysis of the European Union’s maritime safety legislation. This is a relatively novel field of activity of the EU, but its development has been very rapid. Since 1993, over 40 acts of EU law have been adopted, dealing with a variety of subjects, such as port State control, classification societies, vessel traffic management, ship construction, environmental protection and pollution sanctions. This legislation is analysed from the point of international law, notably the law of the sea and the international maritime conventions. Regional legislation in a field that is traditionally regulated primarily by means of international conventions is bound to create tensions with the related international conventions and with well-established principles of international law. This study assesses how the EU has acted as a flag State, port State and coastal State and measures the trends in this development against the international legal framework. More detailed legal analyses are offered for specific aspects of EU legislation that are considered to be particularly interesting from an international law point of view. The relationship between EU law and international law within the internal EU legal system is also analysed from the specific perspective of maritime safety law.