The Law & Politics of Brexit

Edited by Federico Fabbrini

A timely comprehensive legal and political analysis of how Brexit affects the UK and the EU.
Collates the individual analyses of lawyers, economists and political scientists.
The first academic collection on Brexit since the June 2016 referendum.

The Law & Politics of Brexit

Edited by Federico Fabbrini

Description

The decision made by the United Kingdom in 2016 to leave the European Union has produced shock waves across Europe and the world. Brexit calls into question consolidated assumptions on the finality of the EU, and simultaneously sparks new challenges. These new challenges are not only in regard of the constitutional settlements reached in the UK, notably in Scotland and Northern Ireland, but also on the future of European integration. Now that Article 50 of the Treaty on the European Union has been invoked, and the path towards full withdrawal by the UK from the EU remains clouded in uncertainties, a comprehensive legal and political analysis of how Brexit impacts on UK and the EU appears of the utmost importance.

This book brings together leading lawyers, economists and political scientists to discuss the constitutional implications of Brexit and propose possible solutions for the way forward. The book is structured around four main themes. First, it considers how Brexit will be implemented legally and politically, in terms of the withdrawal and the possible new relations between the UK and the EU. Second, it examines the implications of Brexit on the constitutional structure of the UK, as well as on the status of Northern Ireland and the relations with the Republic of Ireland. Third, it examines the implications of Brexit on the constitutional structure of the EU, focusing on a number of key areas of EU policy-making, notably the Area of Freedom Security and Justice, the Single Market, and Economic and Monetary Union. Finally, the book looks to the mid to long-term future, and discusses the prospects for relaunching the EU after Brexit.

The Law & Politics of Brexit

Edited by Federico Fabbrini

1:Introduction, Federico Fabbrini
Part 1: Brexit: Politics, Process and Prospects
2:The Political Mantra: Brexit, Control and the Transformation of the European Order, Kalypso Nicolaïdis
3:The Process: Brexit and the Anatomy of Article 50, Paul Craig
4:The Prospects: The UK Trade Regime with the EU and the World: Options and Constraints Post-Brexit, Giorgio Sacerdoti
Part 2: Brexit and Constitutional Change in Regional Perspective
5:Brexit and the English Question, Stephen Tierney
6:Brexit and the Scottish Question, Sionaidh Douglas-Scott
7:Brexit and the Northern Irish Question, John Doyle & Eileen Connolly
Part 3: Brexit and Constitutional Change in European Perspective
8:Brexit and the EU Economic and Monetary Union: From EMU Outsider to Instigator, Michele Chang
9:Brexit and the EU Area of Freedom, Security and Justice: Bespoke Bits and Pieces, Deirdre Curtin
10:Brexit and the EU Internal Market, Catherine Barnard
Part 4: Beyond Brexit: Relaunching the EU?
11:Brexit and Euroscepticism: Will 'Leaving Europe' be Emulated Elsewhere?, Marlene Wind
12:Brexit and the EU Institutional Balance: How Member States and Institutions Adapt Decision-Making, Uwe Puetter
13:Brexit and EU Treaty Reform: A Window of Opportunity for Constitutional Change, Federico Fabbrini

The Law & Politics of Brexit

Edited by Federico Fabbrini

Author Information

Edited by Federico Fabbrini, Professor of Law, School of Law & Government, Dublin City University

Federico Fabbrini is Full Professor of European Law at the School of Law & Government, Dublin City University. He holds a B.A. in European & Transnational Legal Studies from the University of Trento (2006), a J.D. in International Law from the University of Bologna (2008) and Ph.D. in Law from the European University Institute (2012). He interned as a clerk for Justice Sabino Cassese at the Italian Constitutional Court (2010-2011) and qualified for the bar exam in Italy (2011). Before joining iCourts, he was Associate Professor of European & International Law at iCourts (the Center of Excellence for International Courts) at the Faculty of Law of the University of Copenhagen, in Denmark, and Assistant Professor of European & Comparative Constitutional Law at Tilburg Law School, in the Netherlands,where he was awarded tenure.

Contributors:

Federico Fabbrini
Kalypso Nicolaïdis
Paul Craig
Giorgio Sacerdoti
Stephen Tierney
Sionaidh Douglas-Scott
John Doyle
Eileen Connolly
Deirdre Curtin
Michele Chang
Catherine Barnard
Marlene Wind
Uwe Puetter

The Law & Politics of Brexit

Edited by Federico Fabbrini

Reviews and Awards

"This is an impressive book and required reading. Although Brexit remains a 'moving target' the contributions contain insights that retain their value and significance." - Prof Colin Harvey, Journal of Cross Border Studies in Ireland

"Fabbrini's edited collection is an impressive feat of organization ... That the publication draws pretty much equally on the talents of male and female academics based across six EU Member States speaks not only to the depth of Fabbrinis contacts, but the care that he has taken to construct this collection ... The resultant collection will provide academics, now and long into the future, with an academic first draft of Brexit and its consequences." - Colin Murray, Common Market Law Review

"The book that you have in your hands is the first comprehensive study that makes it easier for the reader to comprehend the complexity of the law and politics of Brexit. It is an indispensable compendium of knowledge on all key substantial issues that will impinge on the new post-Brexit settlement in Britain and in the European Union." - Danuta Hübner, Chair of the European Parliament Constitutional Affairs Committee