Brexit is a unique lesson in the consequences for a state that democratically decides to reverse the avowedly irreversible processes of strengthening global interdependence. The panel explores the ways of capturing this situation, discussing the impact of EU external relations law on the position of a leaving state, the inevitable link between the external untangling...
Brexit and Misconceptions of Governance
Brexit has been understood as a triumph of populism and nationalism, in conflict with the ethos of the Union. But Brexit should not be understood as a mere aberration, but instead indicative of exhausted thinking about EU and (transnational) law in general. From the perspective of “pure“ legal theory, Brexit is self-referential. The discussion thereof...
Brexit and the shifting future of the subjects and objects of EU law
The paper purports to observe the consequences of Brexit developing the recent book project framework, ‘Framing the subjects and objects of EU law’, looking beyond the traditional understanding of legal subjectivity. The paper observes the Member State as – on the one hand – the par excellence subject of EU law, and – on the...
Brexit and the Unsettled Constitution of the United Kingdom
The UK‘s 2016 Referendum on continued EU membership may well become a defining moment in the constitutional law and politics of the UK. Undoubtedly, untangling and re-establishing a relationship with the EU and the wider world will have legal, economic and social effects within the UK, as well as in remaining member states. But Brexit...
Brexit, EU international agreements and the UK
This section examines the external relations implications of the UK‘s withdrawal from the EU. Understanding the impact of Brexit on the EU‘s international agreements and the UK‘s legal status in relation to these agreements, once it leaves the EU, is of particular salience as any final arrangement made with the UK will act as a...
United We Fall: Taking back control in an interdependent world
The paper traces illiberal nationalist challenges to a liberal international order to a (neo)liberal legalism that subjects us to the imperium of managerialist states, international law/institutions and asymmetrical markets that wield privileged, discretionary and unilateral power over still nationally-configured political communities. In subjecting us to the forces of law and reason, they trample over particularistic...