Book contents
- Functional Responsibility of InternationalOrganizations
- Functional Responsibility of International Organizations
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- Table of Cases
- Abbreviations and Acronyms
- 1 Introduction
- Part I The Legal Foundations of the International Responsibility of the European Union
- Part II Functional International Responsibility
- Bibliography
- Index
1 - Introduction
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 09 December 2021
- Functional Responsibility of InternationalOrganizations
- Functional Responsibility of International Organizations
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- Table of Cases
- Abbreviations and Acronyms
- 1 Introduction
- Part I The Legal Foundations of the International Responsibility of the European Union
- Part II Functional International Responsibility
- Bibliography
- Index
Summary
This chapter introduces the issue addressed in this study, that is the allocation of international responsibility in a multi-layered structures like the European Union. It discusses the key doctrine on the question of responsibility of international organisations and points to the different approaches that dominate the discourse. This chapter also addresses the scope of the study, noting that it is focused on the questions of international responsibility that arise in international economic law. The introductory chapter also notes the methods of research employed in this study.
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- Functional Responsibility of International OrganisationsThe European Union and International Economic Law, pp. 1 - 16Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2021