Framing the Subjects and Objects of Contemporary EU Law

Edited by Samo Bardutzky, Assistant Professor, Faculty of Law, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia and Elaine Fahey, Professor of Law, City Law School, City St. Georges, University of London, UK

‘This brilliant work provides new tools for understanding the dynamics of the EU legal system. Leaving aside the conventional understanding of the subjects of the European legal order, Bardutzky and Fahey use the “subjects and objects” dichotomy as a framework to analyse the evolution of EU law. The result is a fresh and original insight into the transformative processes of EU law and the hidden legitimacy gaps of a legal system in need of social legitimacy. A timely contribution and an essential tool for anyone interested in understanding the evolution of EU law in a critical moment of the integration project.’

• Contents:ForewordSir Francis Jacobs QC (King’s College London)1. The Subjects and Objects of EU Law: Exploring a Research Platform Samo Bardutzky and Elaine Fahey Part I: Reframing subjects and objects of EU law: normative motivations and theoretical underpinnings2. The Subject and Object in the Interpretation of EU Law Siniša Rodin3. Subject-Object Dialectics and Social ChangeDamjan Kukovec4. Subjects and Technologies of European Governance: Reflections on suspect crossingsEmilios Christodoulidis 5. Who, then, in [European] law, is my neighbour? Limiting the argument from external effects Joseph Corkin Part II: Transformations: from subjects to objects, from objects to subjects6. Subjects and Objects of EU Human Rights LawSionaidh Douglas-Scott 7. Local Governments as Subjects and Objects of EU Law: Legitimate Limits?Josephine van Zeben 8. Citizenship-for-Sale schemes and EU law: Can third-country nationals buy their way into becoming subjects of EU law?Alina Tryfonidou 9. The turning of non-state entities from objects to subjects of EU restrictive measuresSara Poli Part III: The external-internal nexus of EU Law and its subjects and objects10. The EU as an international person between functionalism and constitutionalism Andrés Delgado Casteleiro 11. Evolution of the role of third countries in EU law - towards full legal subjectivity?Emilia Korkea-aho 12. From objects to subjects: paving the way for third countries and their natural and legal personsIlaria Vianello 13. Beyond rhetoric? Social conditionality in the EU’s external trade relationsSamantha Velluti Part IV: Subjects and objects in Europe’s crises14. European integration in a crisis scenario: Easy steps to revitalise the EU as a subject and to avoid disintegration?Matthias Ruffert 15. Homo objectus, homo subjectus and BrexitDora Kostakoupoulou and Anastasia Tataryn 16. Who do we think we are? Citizenship post-BrexitMichelle Everson ConclusionsElaine Fahey and Samo BardutzkyIndex