Marise Cremona is Professor of European Law at the European University Institute in Florence. Bruno de Witte is Professor of European Law at the European University Institute in Florence.

...an indispensable background for any thorough study of an area of EU law that has emerged over 50 years of Treaty-based and judicial development. It exemplifies the cross-pillar legal complexities by providing many concrete examples based on recent case law. It is a book that can be highly recommended to EU law specialists, as well as to lawyers and academics who want to contribute to the ongoing debate about the constitutional issues of EU foreign relations. Angelos M. Syrigos Law and Politics Book Review Vol. 19 No.1 (January 2009) L'examen des dispositions statutaries est complete par des analyses minutieuses de la pratique internationale mettant en evidence la singularite de l'ordre juridique europeen dans ses rapports avec le droit international. K.Z. Annuaire Francais de Droit International October 2009

• I EU Foreign Relations: Law and Constitution1. Too much constitutional law in the European Union’s Foreign Relations?Bruno de WitteII Foreign Relations Law in a Multi-Pillar Era2. Much Ado About Pluto? The ‘Unity of the European Union Legal Order’ RevisitedChristoph Herrmann3. The Law and Practice of CFSP Joint ActionsAlan Dashwood4. Restraining External Competences of EU Member States under CFSPChristophe Hillion and Ramses WessellIII The EU and its Member States5. Defending the Community Interest: the Duties of Cooperation and ComplianceMarise Cremona6. Legal Basis and Delimitation of Competence in EU External RelationsPanos KoutrakosIV Executive Accountability7. Parliamentary Involvement in European International RelationsDaniel Thym8. Fundamental What? The Difficult Relationship between Foreign Policy and Fundamental RightsEleanor SpaventaV EU Foreign Relations, Human Rights and International Law9. The Journey Towards All that is Good and Beautiful: Human Rights and ‘Common Values’ as Guiding Principles of EU Foreign Relations LawPäivi Leino10. Effects of International Agreements in the EU Legal OrderChristine Kaddous

Marise Cremona is Professor of European Law at the European University Institute in Florence. Bruno de Witte is Professor of European Law at the European University Institute in Florence.

...an indispensable background for any thorough study of an area of EU law that has emerged over 50 years of Treaty-based and judicial development. It exemplifies the cross-pillar legal complexities by providing many concrete examples based on recent case law. It is a book that can be highly recommended to EU law specialists, as well as to lawyers and academics who want to contribute to the ongoing debate about the constitutional issues of EU foreign relations. Angelos M. Syrigos Law and Politics Book Review Vol. 19 No.1 (January 2009) L'examen des dispositions statutaries est complete par des analyses minutieuses de la pratique internationale mettant en evidence la singularite de l'ordre juridique europeen dans ses rapports avec le droit international. K.Z. Annuaire Francais de Droit International October 2009

• I EU Foreign Relations: Law and Constitution1. Too much constitutional law in the European Union’s Foreign Relations?Bruno de WitteII Foreign Relations Law in a Multi-Pillar Era2. Much Ado About Pluto? The ‘Unity of the European Union Legal Order’ RevisitedChristoph Herrmann3. The Law and Practice of CFSP Joint ActionsAlan Dashwood4. Restraining External Competences of EU Member States under CFSPChristophe Hillion and Ramses WessellIII The EU and its Member States5. Defending the Community Interest: the Duties of Cooperation and ComplianceMarise Cremona6. Legal Basis and Delimitation of Competence in EU External RelationsPanos KoutrakosIV Executive Accountability7. Parliamentary Involvement in European International RelationsDaniel Thym8. Fundamental What? The Difficult Relationship between Foreign Policy and Fundamental RightsEleanor SpaventaV EU Foreign Relations, Human Rights and International Law9. The Journey Towards All that is Good and Beautiful: Human Rights and ‘Common Values’ as Guiding Principles of EU Foreign Relations LawPäivi Leino10. Effects of International Agreements in the EU Legal OrderChristine Kaddous