The European Community, The European Union And The International Law Of Treaties ― A Comparative Legal Analysis Of The Community And Union's External Treaty-Making Practice

In this study, Verwey (European law, Erasmus U. Rotterdam) anticipates the imminent adoption of the European Constitution, which he characterizes as a major step forward by integrating the current European Community into the European Union; making the Union a more homogeneous entity; and granting it whole legal personality, a helpful if not necessary status for entering into binding international treaties. He offers an comparative legal analysis of the relationship between the Community and Union's international treaty-making practice and the international law of treaties, whether customary or as embodied in the Vienna Conventions of 1969 and 1986, which were concluded within the framework of the United Nations. Where he finds a disparity between the European and international practices, he suggests rule changes to attain harmony. Distributed in North America by Cambridge University Press. Annotation c2005 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)