Overview
The book provides both a legal and economic assessment of an increasingly important issue for the EU: the question of whether individuals can hold the European Union liable for damages they suffer due to its infringement of international economic law. However, liability regimes vary depending on the issue concerned. In international trade law the individual holds a weak position, being deprived of both legal remedies to seek annulment and damages. This is due to the constant refusal of the direct effect of WTO law. By contrast, international investment law has been designed in an 'individualistic' manner from the outset – states agree reciprocally to grant certain procedural and substantial individual rights, which they invoke to claim damages before international tribunals rather than domestic courts. The divergent role of the individual in the respective area of international economic law leads to a different set of research questions related to liability. In international trade law, the doctrinal exercise of de-coupling the notion of direct effect from liability is at the core of establishing liability. In international investment law, liability is connected to a number of issues emerging from the recent transfer of competence pertaining to investment issues from Member States to the EU and the nature of investment agreements as mixed agreements. Against this backdrop, exploring liability issues in the area of international economic law reveals a heterogeneous set of questions depending on the area of law concerned, thus offering different perspectives for studying liability issues. This title is included in Bloomsbury Professional's International Arbitration online service.
Full Product Details
Author: Armin Steinbach
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Imprint: Hart Publishing
Weight: 0.308kg
ISBN: 9781509933082
ISBN 10: 1509933085
Pages: 216
Publication Date: 31 October 2019
Audience:
College/higher education
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Professional and scholarly
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Tertiary & Higher Education
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Professional & Vocational
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Manufactured on demand
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Reviews
... this book amounts to a very important (and timely) contribution on a hot topic which is set to become even more relevant now that the EU has been given legislative competence on foreign investments, while at the same time international trade is set to sail some rougher seas ahead. Finally, it is recommended to the reader because it opens a window on German legal scholarship which is not always accessible to EU lawyers. * Common Market Law Review *
... this book amounts to a very important (and timely) contribution on a hot topic which is set to become even more relevant now that the EU has been given legislative competence on foreign investments, while at the same time international trade is set to sail some rougher seas ahead. Finally, it is recommended to the reader because it opens a window on German legal scholarship which is not always accessible to EU lawyers. -- Roberto Caranta * Common Market Law Review *
Author Information
Armin Steinbach is Senior Research Fellow at the Max-Planck Institute for Research on Collective Goods (Bonn, Germany) and Associate Member at Oxford University’s Nuffield College.
