Featuring contributions from renowned scholars, A Companion to European Union Law and International Law presents a comprehensive and authoritative collection of essays that addresses all of the most important topics on European Union and international law.

Contributors viii Preface x Abbreviations xii Part I International Law and EU Law 1 1 Sui Generis? The European Union as an International Organization 3Jan Klabbers 2 The Nature of International Law 16Anna Södersten and Dennis Patterson 3 The Development of European Integration and EU Constitutional Reform 26Michael Dougan 4 The Relationship between EU Law and International Law 42Katja S. Ziegler 5 The Effect of EU Law 62Anthony Arnull Part II EU Political Institutions and Decision Making 81 6 EU Competences 83Paul Craig 7 The Decision‐Making Process 95Bruno de Witte 8 The European Union and Executive Power 109Deirdre Curtin 9 New Modes of Governance 119Mark Dawson 10 The European Union and Democracy 136John Erik Fossum Part III The Court 153 11 EU Procedural Law 155Andrea Biondi and Ravi Mehta 12 The Court of Justice of the European Union as a Self‐Made Statesman 166Loïc Azoulai and Zane Rasnača 13 The Preliminary Rulings Procedure 179Allan Rosas Part IV Economic Dimensions of the European Union 193 14 The Construction of the Internal Market 195Catherine Barnard 15 The Free Movement of Goods 205Miguel Poiares Maduro and Pedro Caro de Sousa 16 Freedom of Establishment 217Frank S. Benyon 17 Free Movement of Capital 229Sideek M. Seyad 18 The European Economic Constitution and its Transformation Through the Financial Crisis 242Christian Joerges 19 European Private Law 262Hans‐Wolfgang Micklitz 20 Consumer Protection 285Stephen Weatherill 21 The Economic and Monetary Union 296Roland Bieber 22 EU Competition Law in a Global Context 315Giorgio Monti 23 EU State Aids Law 334Piet Jan Slot 24 Statecraft, States, and the Regulation of Commerce 357Ari Afilalo Part V The European Union and the External World 371 25 EU External Relations and the Law 373Marise Cremona 26 Common Foreign, Security, and Defense Policy 394Ramses A. Wessel 27 EU Law and International Humanitarian Law 413Marco Sassòli and Djemila Carron 28 Emergence of EU Maritime Law 427Barış Soyer Part VI Human Rights, Social Issues, and the Environment 439 29 International Human Rights Law 441Martin Scheinin 30 The European Union and Human Rights 458Sionaidh Douglas‐Scott 31 The European Union and Social Policy 479Silvana Sciarra 32 EU Citizenship 491Elspeth Guild 33 The International Law of Economic Migration 506Joel P. Trachtman 34 EU Immigration and Asylum Law 519Steve Peers 35 International Criminal Law 534Roger S. Clark 36 EU Criminal Law 547Valsamis Mitsilegas 37 EU Environmental Law 568Maria Lee Index 588 Table of Cases Alphabetical 598 Table of Cases Numerical 608

The relationship between European Union (EU) law and international law is complex and challenging.  First and foremost, it remains an open question whether the EU can be understood as an international organization or some form of state order. A Companion to European Union Law and International Law will be a critical tool for those seeking to untangle this complexity, presenting an authoritative collection of essays addressing a broad range of important contemporary topics in the field. Featuring contributions from leading international experts in the fields of EU and international law, this indispensable companion reveals both points of contact and critical differences. Seamlessly integrating the fields, these expert essays explore current jurisprudential debates in EU law and international law as they relate to such topics as: trade, the European Court of Justice, human rights, the EMU, the environment, criminal law and many more. Timely and thought-provoking, A Companion to European Union Law and International Law sheds important new light on our current understanding of the complex legal relationship between the EU law and international law—and the very nature and function of legal powers.