Dennis Patterson is Board of Governors Professor of Law and Philosophy, Rutgers University, New Jersey, USA. He is also Professor of Legal Philosophy at Surrey University Law School in Guildford, UK. He held the Chair in Legal Philosophy and Legal Theory at the European University Institute, Florence, Italy from 2009 - 2017. He has published widely in legal theory, commercial and trade law.

Anna Södersten is Senior Researcher in Law (PhD) at the Swedish Institute for European Policy Studies (SIEPS) in Stockholm, Sweden. She has previously taught at the Law Department at Uppsala University, served as research associate at the European University Institute (EUI) in Florence, and as associate editor of the International Journal of Constitutional Law.

Featuring contributions from renowned scholars, A Companion to European Union Law and International Law presents a comprehensive and authoritative collection of essays that addresses all of the most important topics on European Union and international law.
* Integrates the fields of European Union law and international law, revealing both the similarities and differences
* Features contributions from renowned scholars in the fields of EU law and international law
* Covers a broad range of topical issues, including trade, institutional decision-making, the European Court of Justice, democracy, human rights, criminal law, the EMU, and many others

Contributors viii
Preface x
Abbreviations xii
Part I International Law and EU Law 1
1 Sui Generis? The European Union as an International Organization 3
Jan Klabbers
2 The Nature of International Law 16
Anna Södersten and Dennis Patterson
3 The Development of European Integration and EU Constitutional Reform 26
Michael Dougan
4 The Relationship between EU Law and International Law 42
Katja S. Ziegler
5 The Effect of EU Law 62
Anthony Arnull
Part II EU Political Institutions and Decision Making 81
6 EU Competences 83
Paul Craig
7 The Decision-Making Process 95
Bruno de Witte
8 The European Union and Executive Power 109
Deirdre Curtin
9 New Modes of Governance 119
Mark Dawson
10 The European Union and Democracy 136
John Erik Fossum
Part III The Court 153
11 EU Procedural Law 155
Andrea Biondi and Ravi Mehta
12 The Court of Justice of the European Union as a Self-Made Statesman 166
Loïc Azoulai and Zane Rasna a
13 The Preliminary Rulings Procedure 179
Allan Rosas
Part IV Economic Dimensions of the European Union 193
14 The Construction of the Internal Market 195
Catherine Barnard
15 The Free Movement of Goods 205
Miguel Poiares Maduro and Pedro Caro de Sousa
16 Freedom of Establishment 217
Frank S. Benyon
17 Free Movement of Capital 229
Sideek M. Seyad
18 The European Economic Constitution and its Transformation Through the Financial Crisis 242
Christian Joerges
19 European Private Law 262
Hans-Wolfgang Micklitz
20 Consumer Protection 285
Stephen Weatherill
21 The Economic and Monetary Union 296
Roland Bieber
22 EU Competition Law in a Global Context 315
Giorgio Monti
23 EU State Aids Law 334
Piet Jan Slot
24 Statecraft, States, and the Regulation of Commerce 357
Ari Afilalo
Part V The European Union and the External World 371
25 EU External Relations and the Law 373
Marise Cremona
26 Common Foreign, Security, and Defense Policy 394
Ramses A. Wessel
27 EU Law and International Humanitarian Law 413
Marco Sassòli and Djemila Carron
28 Emergence of EU Maritime Law 427
Baris Soyer
Part VI Human Rights, Social Issues, and the Environment 439
29 International Human Rights Law 441
Martin Scheinin
30 The European Union and Human Rights 458
Sionaidh Douglas-Scott
31 The European Union and Social Policy 479
Silvana Sciarra
32 EU Citizenship 491
Elspeth Guild
33 The International Law of Economic Migration 506
Joel P. Trachtman
34 EU Immigration and Asylum Law 519
Steve Peers
35 International Criminal Law 534
Roger S. Clark
36 EU Criminal Law 547
Valsamis Mitsilegas
37 EU Environmental Law 568
Maria Lee
Index 588
Table of Cases Alphabetical 598
Table of Cases Numerical 608