European foreign policy : legal and political perspectives / edited by Panos Koutrakos.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Koutrakos, Panos.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

International relations.

Europe--Foreign relations--1945-.

Europe.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (308 p.)

Place of Publication:

Cheltenham, UK ; Northampton, MA : Edward Elgar, 2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Written by leading experts, this book focuses on central issues of the foreign policy of the European Union. The issues explored include: * how the EU's judges understand its relationship with the international order; * the coherence of the Union's external action; * the EU's policy to its neighbours; * the Common Security and Defence Policy; and, * the EU's participation in international organisations. By addressing each topic from a legal, political science and international relations standpoint, this relevant book highlights the different perspectives that these disciplines bring to the cen

Contents:

Cover; Copyright; Contents; Contributors; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Part I: Coherence in European Union foreign policy; Chapter 1: Consistency, coherence and European Union external action: the path to Lisbon and beyond; Chapter 2: Coherence in European Union foreign relations law; Part II: Europe's judges and the international order; Chapter 3: Volkerrechtsfreundlich? International law and the Union legal order; Chapter 4: Volkerrechtsfreundlichkeit as comity and the disquiet of neoformalism: a response to Jan Klabbers; Part III: The European Union and its neighbours

Chapter 5: The European Union as an international actors and progressive experimentation in its neighbourhoodChapter 6: The European Union's policy on Kosovo; Part IV: Common Security and Defence Policy; Chapter 7: The Common Security and Defence Policy in a multilateral world; Chapter 8: The role of law in Common Security and Defence Policy: functions, limitations and perceptions; Part V: The European Union in international organizations; Chapter 9: The position of the European Union in (other) international organizations: confronting legal and political approaches; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-283-02426-8

9786613024268

1-84980-861-9

OCLC:

714568594