The European Union's Shaping of the International Legal Order [Paperback]

This book offers a new approach to the study of EU law of external relations.This book establishes a new approach to EU law of external relations in which the EU is perceived as an active co-creator of the international legal order on a variety of plains. A key reference point for an active paradigm of EU external relations law.This book establishes a new approach to EU law of external relations in which the EU is perceived as an active co-creator of the international legal order on a variety of plains. A key reference point for an active paradigm of EU external relations law.The European Union undoubtedly plays an important role in the formation of international law. This takes place through a number of avenues ranging from the simple existence of this supranational legal order within the sphere of international law to the actual influencing of international legal order. With contributions by leading scholars, this collection of essays constructs and analyses a new and stimulating approach in which the European Union is perceived as an active co-creator of the international legal order on a variety of plains. Providing concrete examples of the European Union's approach to the international legal order in different policy fields, this book will be a key reference point for a new active paradigm of EU external relations law.The active paradigm of the study of the EU's place in the world: an introduction Dimitry Kochenov and Fabian Amtenbrink; Part I. The EU's Shaping of the International Legal Order: The Mechanics: 1. Europe's raison d'?tre Gr?inne de B?rca; 2. The EU, interim global justice, and the international legal order Andrew Williams; 3. Theoretical approaches to a peculiar norm category: shaping the international order as a Union objective Joris Larik; Part II. The EU's Shaping of the International Legal Order: The Evidence: 4. EU values and the shaping of the international context Ester Herlin-Karnell; 5. Promoting the rule of law abroad: on the EU's limitelƒ+