The decision by the people of the United Kingdom to vote in a referendum in June 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.
Author(s): Federico Fabbrini
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Year: 2017
Language: English
Pages: 359
Tags: Law, Politics, Brexit
Cover......Page 1
The Law & Politics of Brexit......Page 4
Copyright......Page 5
Table of Contents......Page 6
Foreword......Page 8
Acknowledgments......Page 10
Table of Cases......Page 12
Table of Legislation......Page 14
List of Abbreviations......Page 20
List of Contributors......Page 22
1. Introduction......Page 24
Part 1: Brexit: Politics, Process, and Prospects......Page 46
2. The Political Mantra: Brexit, Control and the Transformation of the European Order......Page 48
3. The Process: Brexit and the Anatomy of Article 50......Page 72
4. The Prospects: The UK Trade Regime with the EU and the World: Options and Constraints Post-Brexit......Page 94
Part 2: Brexit and Constitutional Change in Regional Perspective......Page 116
5. Brexit and the English Question......Page 118
6. Brexit and the Scottish Question......Page 138
7. Brexit and the Northern Ireland Question......Page 162
Part 3: Brexit and Constitutional Change in European Perspective......Page 184
8. Brexit and the EU Economic & Monetary Union:
From EMU Outsider to Instigator......Page 186
9. Brexit and the EU Area of Freedom, Security, and Justice: Bespoke Bits and Pieces......Page 206
10. Brexit and the EU Internal Market......Page 224
Part 4: Beyond Brexit: Relaunching
the EU?......Page 242
11. Brexit and Euroskepticism: Will “Leaving Europe”
be Emulated Elsewhere?......Page 244
12. Brexit and EU Institutional Balance: How Member States and Institutions Adapt Decision-making......Page 270
13. Brexit and EU Treaty Reform: A Window of Opportunity
for Constitutional Change?......Page 290
Index......Page 338
