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Zusatztext Serious students of EU Law...must be pleased to see a new updated edition of Professor Eeckhout's book! offering new developments in his subject coupled with his own evolving thinking about those developments. Informationen zum Autor Piet Eeckhout is Professor of Law and King's College London. He is Director of the Centre of European Law at King's, and co-editor of the Yearbook of European Law. He also teaches at the College of Europe, Bruges and is an associate academic member of Matrix Chambers, London. Klappentext A new edition of the leading treatise on EU external relations law, this book examines the external actions of the EU. It explains what external competences the EU has, how it makes use of those competences, and how the EU interacts with international law. It is an indispensible guide to academics, practitioners, and students working in this area. Zusammenfassung The law of the external relations of the European Union is a subject of great importance. The EU institutions have developed an extensive practice in this area, by concluding many international agreements, by participating in the work of international organizations, and by legislating and regulating on matters of external relations. It is a practice giving rise to many legal problems and questions, as evidenced by the substantial and fast expanding body of case-lawin this area from the EU Courts. These problems and questions are often of constitutional significance, and the external relations law of the EU therefore occupies an important place in the overall constitutional and institutional development of the EU.This volume examines the legal foundations of the EU's external relations. It focuses on the EU's external competences and objectives; on the instruments, principles, and actors of external policies; and on the legal effects of international agreements and international law. It analyses a number of key external policies, particularly in the fields of trade and foreign policy.Substantially updated to take into account recent case law, it also incorporates an examination of the changes made by the Lisbon Treaty. This new edition, formerly published as External Relations of the European Union: Legal and Constitutional Foundations, is an invaluable asset to those studying and working in the field....
