Book Overview

This interdisciplinary book explores the concept of convergence of the EU with the global legal order. It captures the actions, law-making and practice of the EU as a cutting-edge actor in the world promoting convergence against the grain. In a dynamic twist the book uses methodology to reflect upon some of the most dramatically changing dimensions of current global affairs.

Questions explored include: who and what are the subjects and objects of convergence as to the EU and the world? How do court-centric and less court-centric approaches differ? Can we use political science and international relations as service tools?

Key Themes

Four key themes are probed:

• framing EU convergence;
• global trade against convergence;
• the EU as the exceptional internationalist; and
• positioning convergence through methodology.