A companion to European Union law and international law

Content: 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