Includes bibliographical references (pages 541-568) and index.
Introduction -- The European Union in the world -- Common commercial policy : history, theory and practice of exclusivity -- Implied competence -- Decision-making in EU international relations -- International commitments and the management of mixity -- The status of international law in the EU legal order -- International law and the jurisdiction of the Court of Justice -- Enforcement of international law in the EU legal order -- International agreements concluded by member states prior to their membership of the European Union -- Substantive trade law -- Links with third countries -- Common foreign and security policy -- Common security and defence policy -- Links between external policies : trade and foreign policy, development and defence