The European Union Under Transnational Law

The emergence and growth of transnational law -- The theory of principled legal pluralism -- A pluralist conception of the EU -- Transnational law and the rule of law in the EU -- Transnational law and democracy in the EU -- EU law, transnational law, and human rights protection : the case of privacy -- Justice, the EU, and transnational law -- Principled legal pluralism, EU law, and transnational law

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

The debate about the relationship between international and community law usually centres on the question of which of these two 'belongs' to the other, and how 'special' community legal order is in relation to international law. In this volume, a distinguished group of Finnish and British academics and practitioners break new ground by, instead of becoming mired in these questions, clearly examining the international law aspects of the activities of the Community and the Union. In doing so, they have elucidated points of connection and possible points of conflict. The result is a thought-provoking collection of essays which examines community law through the conceptual grid of international law, and thus enriches our understanding of the workings of both.

The book offers a systematic discussion of the facets of the relationship between the European Union and customary international law.

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.

A comparative analysis of the extent and role of transnational judicial dialogue in European refugee law, first published in 2010.

This book explores questions of transnational private legal theory in the context of the external dimension of EU private law. The interaction between existing theories of transnational ordering and the external reach of European Regulatory Private Law is articulated through examination of what are found to be the three major proxies of transnational private ordering: private contracts, standards and codes.

This collection of essays by Dutch, English and Swiss scholars deals with the impact of transnational law, in particular the law of the European Union and the Council of Europe, on the content and meaning given to domestic law by national legislators and judges. Topics covered include the constitutional and practical implications of implementing transnational law at the national level, as well as the interpretation of domestic law against the background of the European Convention on Human Rights, the law of the European Union and so called “soft law” instruments, in areas such as civil procedure, jurisdiction, contract, company law and competition law.