This edited collection appraises the role, self-perception, reasoning and impact of the European Court of Justice on the development of European Union (EU) external relations law. Against the background of the recent recasting of the EU Treaties by the Treaty of Lisbon and at a time when questions arise over the character of the Court's judicial reasoning and the effect of international legal obligations in its case law, it discusses the contribution of the Court to the formation of the EU as an international actor and the development of EU external relations law, and the constitutional...

What is the nature of the relationship between the fields of new technology and EU law? What challenges do new technologies pose for the internal market and the fundamental principles of the EU?

The first part of the collection explores the EU's approach to the regulation of scientific and technological risk, and the link between the regulation of technology and the internal market. In detail, the chapters analyse the interaction between EU law, bioethics and medical and health technologies.

The second part of the collection enhances on this, and the chapters scrutinize specific...

This volume explores the changing landscape of the EU's legal acts, focusing on the transformations and challenges to the EU's traditional legal acts, as well as those acts found at the margin of such traditional EU acts. The volume further explains the adaptability of the EU legal order, as well as the challenges facing it.