Framing convergence with the global legal order : the EU and the world

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.