The European Union's Foreign and Security Policy: A Legal Institutional Perspective

1. Auflage 1999
ISBN: 978-90-411-1265-1
Verlag: Wolters Kluwer

Buch, Englisch, Band 33, 400 Seiten, GB, Format (B × H): 166 mm x 245 mm, Gewicht: 767 g

Reihe: Legal Aspects of International Organizations

The common foreign and security policy (CFSP) of the European Union and its member states reflects an unprecedented form of international cooperation on the borderline between international law and European Community law.

While traditionally being viewed as a form of `intergovernmental cooperation' alongside the more `supranational' European Community, CFSP in this book is presented as a form of legal cooperation that is far from informal.

The former diplomatic European Political Cooperation has developed into a policy in which the states still play an important role, but where their competences are shared with the international organisation called the European Union.

Conclusions on the interpretation of the `CFSP legal order' and on the legal status of the European Union are based on a thorough analysis of the purposes and scope of CFSP, the decision-making procedures, the nature of the CFSP decisions, the existing supervisory mechanisms and the competences of the European Union.

The book addresses the key issues of international institutional law in an original and clarifying manner. This makes the book not only a valuable source for academics working in European Union law and international institutional law in general, but also for practitioners involved in national and European foreign policy making. The book contains an extensive bibliography as well as a list of adopted CFSP decisions.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Wessel, Ramses A.

Wessel, Ramses

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Internationale Beziehungen Europäische Union, Europapolitik
• Rechtswissenschaften Internationales Recht und Europarecht Internationales Recht
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Internationale Beziehungen Internationale Organisationen und Institutionen
• Rechtswissenschaften Internationales Recht und Europarecht Europarecht Europäisches Öffentliches Recht (inkl. EMRK)

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgements.
List of Abbreviations.
1. Introduction.
2. The Concept of Legal Order.
3. The Purposes and Scope of CFSP.
4. Legal Bases for CFSP Decision-Making.
5. The Legal Nature of CFSP Decisions.
6. Supervision of CFSP Procedures and Decisions.
7. The Legal Status of the European Union.
8. Conclusion. Annex:
List of CFSP Decisions.
Bibliography.
Index of Subjects.
Index of Case Law.