TY - BOOK AU - Patterson,Dennis M. AU - Södersten,Anna TI - A companion to European Union law and international law SN - 9781119037613 (epub) AV - KJE947 U1 - 341.242/2 23 PY - 2015/// CY - Malden, MA PB - Wiley Blackwell KW - Law KW - European Union countries KW - International law KW - fast KW - LAW / International KW - bisacsh KW - Europe KW - Electronic books N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Title Page ; Copyright Page; Contents; Contributors; Preface; Abbreviations; Part I International Law and EU Law; Chapter 1 Sui Generis? The European Union as an International Organization; Introduction; Defining International Organizations; Functionalism in International Institutional Law; The Rules of Attraction; The European Union; By Way of Conclusion; Notes; References; Chapter 2 The Nature of International Law; Kelsen; Hart; Dworkin; The Status of International Law; Notes ; References; Chapter 3 The Development of European Integration and EU Constitutional Reform; The Schuman Plan and the Establishment of the European Coal and Steel CommunityThe Failure of the Proposed European Defence and Political Communities; The Spaak Report and the Two Treaties of Rome 1957; Political Stagnation, Legal Transformation; The Single European Act; The Treaty on European Union; The Challenge of Enlargement; The Treaty of Amsterdam; The Treaty of Nice; Enlargement from Fifteen to Twenty-Eight (Plus ...) ; The Treaty Establishing a Constitution for Europe; The Treaty of Lisbon; Yet Further Treaty Reform ...; Notes; References; Chapter 4 The Relationship between EU Law and International LawIntroduction; The European Union within the Legal Framework of International Law: Embeddedness; Status and Effect of International Law in the EU Legal Order: General Approach; Customary International Law; International Treaties; The Hierarchy of International Law within the EU Legal Order; Consistent (or Harmonious) Interpretation; Conclusions: A More Restrictive Approach of the EU Legal Order; Notes; References; Chapter 5 The Effect of EU Law ; Introduction; Direct Effect and Primacy; Direct Effect and Union Acts; The Principle of State LiabilityThe Reaction of the National Courts; Conclusion; Notes; References; Part II EU Political Institutions and Decision Making; Chapter 6 EU Competences; Lisbon Treaty; Notes; References; Chapter 7 The Decision-Making Process ; Introduction; The Evolution of the EU Decision-Making Process: Institutional Balance and Policy-Related Variation ; Legislative Decision Making; Administrative Rule Making; Other Forms of Decision Making; Notes; References; Chapter 8 The European Union and Executive Power; Bits and Pieces; The "Normalized" Executive; The "In-Between" Executive The "Dominant" Executive; Non-EU Executive Constructions ; Beyond Accountability?; Notes; References; Chapter 9 New Modes of Governance; Introduction; What are "New Modes of Governance" and What is their Relationship to EU Law?; The Normative Debate: Strengths and Opportunities; The Normative Debate: Weaknesses and Pitfalls; Decline or Reemergence? New Modes of Governance and the Euro Crisis; Notes; References; Chapter 10 The European Union and Democracy; Introduction; Contending Conceptions of Democracy in Europe; The European Union's Democratic Deficit UR - http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/book/10.1002/9781119037712 ER -