Original scientific paper
The New International Frontier: the Legal Profession and the Challenges of New ‘International Law’ in the New Member State
Itai Apter
Abstract
‘Europeanised international law’ has been the subject of
many recent academic and political discussions on how the EC and
the CJEU should implement and promote international law and what
should apply in the case of conflict between EU law and international
law. What has been somewhat missing from the debate is how legal
professionals in the EU (judges, lawyers and government legal advisers),
and in particular the newcomers to the EU legal system, should
contend with these international developments which have a direct
bearing on their day-to-day work. Following a brief analysis of some
case studies, the article suggests some practical means for legal professionals
to cope with this great challenge and even to make the most
of it. The main argument is that by being aware of the unique and flexible
nature of ‘EU international law’, legal professionals are able not
only to optimise legal outcomes but they can also influence its formation
at this very early stage, opening up opportunities to exert regional
and global legal influence .
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131645
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Publication date:
17.12.2014.
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