The European Union's external action in times of crisis / edited by Piet Eeckhout and Manuel Lopez-Escudero.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction / Piet Eeckhout and Manuel Lopez-Escudero -- The Reluctant (Lisbon) Treaty and its implementation in the practice of the Council / Ricardo Gosalbo-Bono and Frederik Naert -- The external powers of the European Parliament / Ricardo Passos -- The Court of Justice and external competences after Lisbon : some reflections on the latest case law / Fernando Castillo de la Torre -- The integration of public international law in EU law : analytical and normative questions / Piet Eeckhout -- Customary international law and the European Union from the perspective of Article 3(5) TEU / Eleftheria Neframi -- The legal status and influence of decisions of international organisations and other bodies in the European Union / Ramses A. Wessel and Steven Blockmans -- The relationship of the member states' international agreements with the EU / Javier Roldâan Barbero -- The contribution of the EU to the development of customary norms in the field of human rights protection / Josâe Rafael Marâin Aâis -- Brussels meets Westphalia : the European Union and the United Nations / Jan Wouters and Anna-Luise Chanâe -- The consistency of the European Union's human rights policy at the United Nations / Carmela Pâerez Bernâardez -- The European Union in the international monetary and financial system / Dominique Carreau -- EU-IMF relations : the long way to a single EU chair in the IMF / Manuel Lâopez-Escudero -- The transformation of the EU common commercial policy / Christine Kaddous -- The European Union facing investment arbitration / Javier Diez-Hochleitner -- From external policy to free trade : the EU-Singapore Free Trade Agreement / Antonio Segura Serrano -- The external dimension of the area of freedom, security and justice : an essential part of the European Union's external action / Josâe Martâin y Pâerez de Nanclares -- The EU antiterrorist sanctions / Enzo Cannizzaro -- The European Union's arms trade control and European civil society / Inmaculada Marrero Rocha.