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”?
Four key themes are probed:
– framing EU convergence;
– global trade against convergence;
– the EU as the exceptional internationalist; and
– positioning convergence through methodology.