Constitutional Law of the EU’s Common Foreign and Security Policy - Competence and Institutions in External Relations
BUTLER Graham
Description du produit
- Catégories: Droit Constitutionnel et Institutionnel, Relations Extérieures
- Editeur: HART PUBLISHING
- ISBN: 9781509925940
- Date de publication: 03/10/2019
- Reliure : Broché
- Nombre de page : 376
Résumé
The Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP) of the European Union is a
highly exceptional component of the EU legal order. This
constitutionalised foreign policy regime, with legal, diplomatic, and
political DNA woven throughout its fabric, is a distinct sub-system of
law on the outermost sphere of European supranationalism. When
contrasted against other Union policies, it is immediately clear that EU
foreign policy has a special decision-making mechanism, making it
highly exceptional.
In the now depillarised framework of the EU
treaties, issues of institutional division arise from the legacy of the
former pillar system. This is due to the reality that of prime concern
in EU external relations is the question of 'who decides?' By engaging a
number of legal themes that cut across foreign affairs exceptionalism,
executive prerogatives, parliamentary accountability, judicial review,
and the constitutionalisation of European integration, the book lays
bare how EU foreign affairs have become highly legalised, leading to
ever-greater coherence in how Europe exerts itself on the global stage.
In
this first monograph dedicated exclusively to the law of the EU's
Common Foreign and Security Policy in modern times, the author argues
that the legal framework for EU foreign affairs must adapt in a changing
world so as to ensure the EU treaties can cater for a more assertive
Europe in the wider world.