Colonialism and the EU legal order / edited by Hanna Eklund, University of Copenhagen.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Eklund, Hanna, author.

Contributor:

Eklund, Hanna, editor.

Series:

Law in context.

Law in context

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Law--European Union countries--Methodology.

Law.

Constitutional law--European Union countries.

Constitutional law.

Decolonization--Study and teaching--European Union countries.

Decolonization.

Imperialism.

Europe--Colonies--History.

Europe.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xix, 388 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2025.

Summary:

This book shows how Europe's history of colonialism has shaped the development of the EU legal order. It offers an account of the impact European colonialism has had on the application of law, on the methods of actors, the workings of institutions, and on changes in EU membership over time. Using different case studies, the sixteen chapters of this book address questions concerning how colonial continuities in EU law can be identified; how to understand the present application of EU law through the history of colonialism; and how Europe's colonial history casts new light on EU legal theory and concepts. This book is intended to sharpen analysis of the history, as well as of the present and future application of EU law. This title is also available as open access on Cambridge Core.

Contents:

Colonialism and the EU Legal Order: An Introduction / Hanna Eklund

Reciprocity and Direct Effect : Yaoundé and Trade Integration / Marise Cremona

The Common Agricultural Policy and Southern Rivalries : The Case of Algerian Wine / Daniela Caruso

Racializing the European Border : Free Movement of Workers and the (Former) Colonies / Karim Fertikh

Discrimination Based on Race : The Story of Moroccan SNCF Workers in France / Lionel Zevounou

Rethinking EU Social and Labour Law through Racial Capitalism / Diamond Ashiagbor

Towards Monetary Sovereignty : The Colonial History of the CFA Franc and How to Transition to the Eco / Kako Nubukpo

Europe's Refugee 'Crises' and The Colonial Legacies in EU Migration and Asylum Law / Veronica Corcodel

From Political to Migration-Based Conditionality in EU Development Policy : 'Plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose' / Janine Silga

'We must pretend to follow the laws' : The Colonial Artists of EEC Development Policy / Véronique Dimier

Colonial-Era Mixed Courts, Early Euro-Lawyers, and EU Law as Constitutional Law / Michel Erpelding

Algeria and the European UniAlgeria and the European Union : From Exit to Challenges of Continuity / Amel Benrejdal Boudjemaa

'Eurarctic' : Colonialism and EU-Greenland Relations / Ulla Neergaard

The Land of Many Laws : Brexit and the Legacy of Colonialism in Northern Ireland / Stephen Coutts

The Missing View from the Cathedral : European Law During and After Colonies and Empires / Antoine Vauchez

Decolonizing Research and Teaching in EU Law : Purpose, Principles and Practice / Iyiola Solanke.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 17 Oct 2025).

ISBN:

1-009-50845-8

1-009-50846-6

1-009-50849-0

Access Restriction:

Open Access. Unrestricted online access