International Law Aspects of the European Union

Download or read book International Law Aspects of the European Union written by Martti Koskenniemi and published by Martinus Nijhoff Publishers. This book was released on 1998 with total page 346 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The debate about the relationship between international and community law usually centres on the question of which of these two 'belongs' to the other, and how 'special' community legal order is in relation to international law. In this volume, a distinguished group of Finnish and British academics and practitioners break new ground by, instead of becoming mired in these questions, clearly examining the international law aspects of the activities of the Community and the Union. In doing so, they have elucidated points of connection and possible points of conflict. The result is a thought-provoking collection of essays which examines community law through the conceptual grid of international law, and thus enriches our understanding of the workings of both.