The Danish EU Opt-Outs

Their Legal Significance, Past and Present
Erscheinungsjahr 2026
ISBN: 978-1-5099-8098-7
Verlag: Bloomsbury Academic

Buch, Englisch, 232 Seiten, Paperback, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 454 g

This book offers the first comprehensive legal study dedicated to the understanding of the Danish EU opt-outs.

The impact of these is significant, falling as they do within Union citizenship, the euro, defense cooperation and the Area of Freedom, Security and Justice. Through a re-examination of the opt-outs individually, collectively and temporally, the book sheds light on their legal design and their interplay between international law, EU law and national law. This pioneering book takes a legal-doctrinal approach, which provides readers with a solid understanding of the opt-outs. Academics, judges and European Union civil servants will find this invaluable.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Thorning, Christian

Fachgebiete

• Rechtswissenschaften Ausländisches Recht Common Law (UK, USA, Australien u.a.)

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Abbreviations
List of Cases
List of EU Secondary Law
List of Reports and Official Danish Memoranda

1. Introduction
2. Locating the Common Origin of the Opt-Outs
3. Union Citizenship
4. Economic and Monetary Policy - the Euro
5. Defence
6. Area of Freedom, Security and Justice
7. Reflections on Differentiated Integration in General
8. Conclusions

Appendix 1: Table of the Legal Construction of the Opt-Outs
Bibliography

Über Autor(innen)

Thorning, Christian
Christian Thorning is a lawyer and senior Danish diplomat.