Foreign Affairs and the EU Constitution – Selected Essays

Foreign Affairs are ‘border’ affairs-in a geographical and a constitutional sense. They are traditionally subject to distinct constitutional principles, for the political questions posed might not be susceptible to legal answers. And yet, in our globalized world, the distinction between orthodox ‘internal » and ‘External Affairs has lost much of its clarity. The world is an international contemporary world-a world of collective trade agreements and collective security systems. The European Union-as a Union of States-embodies collective this spirit on a regional international scale. But what is the relationship between this new European legal order and the old legal order of international law ? When can the Union Act on the international scene, and faire ? ForeignAffairs and the EU constitution brings together a collection of outstanding essays on External Relations written by one of the leading constitutional scholars of the European Union.