Foreign relations federalism : the EU in comparative perspective / Thomas Verellen.
How are foreign relations constitutionally structured in federal unions? How does the foreign affairs constitution of the EU - itself a federal union in all but name - compare to that of other federal unions? This book addresses these questions. It offers a comparative analysis of the constitutional...
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| Format: | Ebook |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford :
Oxford University Press, Incorporated,
2023.
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| Edition: | First edition. |
| Series: | Oxford comparative constitutionalism.
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| Online Access: | Oxford Scholarship Online |
| Summary: | How are foreign relations constitutionally structured in federal unions? How does the foreign affairs constitution of the EU - itself a federal union in all but name - compare to that of other federal unions? This book addresses these questions. It offers a comparative analysis of the constitutional framework in which foreign relations are conducted in four federal unions: the US, Canada, Belgium, and the EU. The EU takes up a special position in the book. By looking at the constitutional experience of other federal unions - two long-standing (the US and Canada), one of more recent pedigree (Belgium) - this book informs and contributes to debates on how the EU's foreign affairs constitution should be structured. Over a decade since the Treaty of Lisbon entered into force, the EU's foreign affairs constitution continues to evolve. New institutional practices emerge and cases continue to be brought before the Court of Justice of the European Union that require the Court in Luxembourg to interpret Treaty provisions on how the EU and the Member States are to conduct foreign relations. In this sense, the EU's foreign affairs constitution - as is the case for the EU's constitution as a whole - remains very much a fast-moving target. The pace of constitutional change is high, and there is a sustained need for critical and constructive legal analysis of that change. This book contributes to fulfilling this need. Through a comparative analysis of the United States, Canada, Belgium, and the EU, this book examines the constitutional framework in which foreign relations are conducted in federal unions. In doing so, this book contributes to debates on how the EU's foreign affairs constitution should be structured. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xxiv, 301 pages). |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 0192844563 9780192844569 019193318X 9780191933189 0192658883 9780192658883 0192658891 9780192658890 |