The Interplay Between the European Investigation Order and the Principle of Mutual Recognition

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Table of Contents: I. Introduction. – II. New formulas in the regime of mutual recognition in the EIO. – III. The question of defining investigative measures and having recourse to a different one. – III.1. The applicability of the corrective mechanism in other cooperation systems. – IV. An increased extent of direct communication between the...

Parent in One Member State, Parent in All Member States: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly

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Table of Contents: I. Introduction. – II. Rainbow families’ parental rights in the EU: charting progress through law and politics. – II.1. From courtrooms to Commission: the evolution of LGBTIQ parenthood recognition in EU law. – II.2. Political strategy of the Regulation proposal. – III. Concerns on the efficiency of the EU legislative mechanism...

The European Union’s Participation in the Creation of Customary International Law and Its Impact on Member State Sovereignty

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Table of Contents: I. Introduction. – II. Law-making capacity as an expression of sovereignty. – III. The participation of international organizations in the formation of customary international law. – III.1. Overview. – III.2. Whose practice? – III.3. Which norms? – III.4. Conclusion – IV. The practice of the EU and its relevance in the creation of...

European Migration Law Between 'Rescuing' and 'Taming' the Nation State: A History of Half-hearted Commitment to Human Rights and Refugee Protection

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Table of Contents: I. Introduction. – II. Primary law: migration management and its limits. – III. Secondary legislation: enhanced protection of migrants’ rights. - III.1. Enhancing the rights of migrants – III.2. Promotion of State interests. - IV. Asylum policy: reform failure and circumvention. – IV.1. “Pushbacks” as an extreme form of non-...

Long-arm Collective Sovereignty Through the EU: The EU Global Human Rights Sanctions Regime Transcending the Limits of the Fight Against Impunity

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Table of Contents: I. Introduction. – II. The normative positioning of the Union: a new space for the collective exercise of sovereignty. – II.1. Human rights and criminal law, a source of inspiration and legitimacy. – II.2. Normative interpretation and hybridization within the Council practice. – III. “Supplementing” criminal repression? A new...

The EU and Its Member States at War in Ukraine? Collective Self-defence, Neutrality and Party Status in the Russo-Ukraine War

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Table of Contents: I. Introduction. – II. Aid and assistance provided to Ukraine since February 2022. – II.1. The European Union and its Member States. – II.2. The United States of America, the United Kingdom and Canada. – II.3. Russia’s response. – II.4. Reactions from other states. – II.5. Conclusion. – III. Jus ad bellum, neutrality law...

The Primacy of EU Law: Interpretive, not Structural

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Table of Contents: I. Introduction. – II. Defiance. – III. Primacy of what? – IV. Pluralism in action. – V. The incoherence of pluralism. – V.1. Legal systems do not “conflict”. – V.2. Legal systems do not “overlap”. – V.3. Pluralism cannot provide a framework for consensus. – VI. Federal monism. – VII. Social monism. – VIII. Primacy: a pragmatic...

Does Anything Hang on the Autonomy of EU Law?

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Abstract: Jurisprudential accounts of the autonomy of EU law have struggled to offer a compelling account of its unique features. Nevertheless, I argue that Ronald Dworkin’s court-centric methodological approach is better-suited than Hartian positivism to shed light on the notion that EU law is autonomous. This is because most questions about the...

Weaving the Threads of a European Legal Order

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Table of Contents: I. Introduction. – II. Actants. – III. The absence of brute facts. – IV. Valency. – V. Law as proliferation of power. – VI. Increasing adjudicative power. – VII. Increasing regulatory power. – VIII. Conclusion: the importance of inclusion and empowerment.

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