The European Court of Justice and External Relations Law: Constitutional Challenges

This volume appraises the role, self-perception, reasoning, and impact of the European Court of Justice on the development of 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 - the book examines the contribution of the Court to the formation of the EU as an international acto…