Exploring the Autonomy of the European Union Legal Order

Koen Lenaerts; José A. Gutiérrez-Fons; Stanislas Adam

doi:10.17104/0044-2348-2021-1-47

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- Titelei/Inhaltsverzeichnis
- 1–6 Editorial Armin von Bogdandy, Anne Peters Armin von Bogdandy, Anne Peters 1–6
- 7–22 Comment 7–22
  - The Importance of Having Rights Anne Peters Anne Peters
- 23–46 In Focus: Relaunch of the ZaöRV/HJIL as an Open Access Journal 23–46
  - Opening Access, Closing the Knowledge Gap? Analysing GC No. 25 on the Right to Science and Its Implications for the Global Science System in the Digital Age Raffaela Kunz Raffaela Kunz
- 47–264 Abhandlungen 47–264
  - 47–88 Exploring the Autonomy of the European Union Legal Order Koen Lenaerts, José A. Gutiérrez-Fons, Stanislas Adam Koen Lenaerts, José A. Gutiérrez-Fons, Stanislas Adam 47–88
  - 89–116 The Role of International Law in Vaccinating Against COVID-19: Appraising the COVAX Initiative Armin von Bogdandy, Pedro A. Villarreal Armin von Bogdandy, Pedro A. Villarreal 89–116
  - 117–146 COVID-19 and the Scope of the UN Security Council’s Mandate to Address Non-Traditional Threats to International Peace and Security Erin Pobjie Erin Pobjie 117–146
  - 147–234 Constitutions and Contagion – European Constitutional Systems and the COVID-19 Pandemic Angelo Jr Golia, Laura Hering, Carolyn Moser, Tom Sparks Angelo Jr Golia, Laura Hering, Carolyn Moser, Tom Sparks 147–234
  - 235–264 Give a Court an Inch and It Will Take a Yard? The Exercise of Jurisdiction over Incidental Issues Fabian Simon Eichberger Fabian Simon Eichberger 235–264
- 265–292 Buchbesprechungen 265–292
  - 265–270 Craven, Matthew/Pahuja, Sundhya/Simpson, Gerry (eds.): International Law and the Cold War (2019) Ned Richardson-Little Ned Richardson-Little 265–270
  - 271–276 Casey, Christopher A.: Nationals Abroad: Globalization, Individual Rights, and the Making of Modern International Law (2020) Ntina Tzouvala Ntina Tzouvala 271–276
  - 277–280 Swatek-Evenstein, Mark: A History of Humanitarian Intervention (2020) Jacob Katz Cogan Jacob Katz Cogan 277–280
  - 281–286 Ferrari, Guiseppe Franco (ed.): Judicial Cosmopolitanism. The Use of Foreign Law in Contemporary Constitutional Systems (2019) Sebastian Graf von Kielmansegg Sebastian Graf von Kielmansegg 281–286
  - 287–292 Frankenberg, Günter: Autoritarismus. Verfassungstheoretische Perspektiven (2020) Claudio Franzius Claudio Franzius 287–292
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Zeitschrift für ausländisches öffentliches Recht und Völkerrecht / Heidelberg Journal of International Law , page 47 - 88

Exploring the Autonomy of the European Union Legal Order

Autoren

Koen Lenaerts José A. Gutiérrez-Fons Stanislas Adam

DOI
- doi.org/10.17104/0044-2348-2021-1-47
- ISSN: 0044-2348
- ISSN online: 2942-3562
Abstract

Two different dynamics govern the autonomy of the European Union (EU) legal order. On the one hand, autonomy seeks to define what EU law is not, i.e. it is not ordinary international law. Positively, on the other, autonomy seeks to define what EU law is, i.e. a legal order that has the capacity to operate as a self-referential system of norms that is both coherent and complete. Yet the concept of autonomy of the EU legal order in no way conveys the message that the EU and its law are euro-centric and that the Court of Justice of the European Union (the ‘Court of Justice’) seeks to insulate EU law from external influences by building walls that prevent the migration of legal ideas. Autonomy rather enables the Court of Justice to strike the right balance between the need to preserve the values on which the EU is founded and openness to other legal orders. The autonomy of the EU legal order is thus part of the very DNA of that legal order as it allows the EU to find its own constitutional space whilst interacting in a cooperative way with its Member States and the wider world.
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