Sixty Years of European Integration and Global Power Shifts

1. The European Union: Achievements, Ongoing Challenges and Future Prospects Julien Chaisse PART I EUROPEAN LEGAL INTEGRATION: PROCESS, DIFFICULTIES AND ACHIEVEMENTS 2. The Rule of Law and Integration in the EU Ian Forrester QC 3. The European Union as an Oxymoron: From Contest via Contradiction to Constitution? Rostam J Neuwirth 4. The Social Dimension of the EU Manfred Weiss 5. Geographical Scope and Diversity of EU Rules on Public Procurement Trygve Ben Holland 6. Spatial Configurations of Welfare in the EU: The Case of Cross-border Healthcare Irene Sobrino Guijarro 7. Godot is Finally Coming? The Great Convergence of Services Markets within the EU Panagiotis Delimatsis 8. Government, Culture and Movies: In Search of a Common Understanding from a European Perspective Susana de la Sierra PART II THE EUROPEAN UNION AS A GLOBAL ACTOR: ISSUES AND PARTNERS 9. The European Union and Global Economic Governance: A Leader Without a Roadmap? Jan Wouters and Akhil Raina 10. Lessons from European Constitutionalism for Reforming Multilevel Governance of Transnational Public Goods in Asia? Ernst-Ulrich Petersmann 11. The EU’s Civil Justice Policy Field: Perspectives for Asia? Helen E Hartnell 12. Bilateralism in an Interregional World? From EU Negotiations with MERCOSUR to a Bilateral Strategic Partnership with Brazil Katharina L Meissner 13. Reclaiming the Comprehensive Strategic Partnership through the EU–China Partnership and Cooperation Agreement: Taking Stock and Moving Forward Chien-Huei Wu 14. Legalisation of International Economic Relations: Is Asia Unique? Shintaro Hamanaka PART III EUROPEAN UNION’S TRADE POLICY: GLOBAL AND REGIONAL TRADE CHALLENGES 15. Trade for All? Transparency in the EU’s Common Commercial Policy Fernando Dias Simões 16. Investor to State Dispute Settlement Mechanisms: A Comparison of Evolving Legal Approaches in Brazilian and Latin American Relations with the European Union Daniele Bianchi and Kirstyn Inglis 17. The Rise of the RCEP: Regional Multilateralism and its Impact on the EU–China BIT Olga Boltenko 18. The Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership: Intellectual Property Chapter, Research in Biotechnology and Price of Medicine with Lessons from the European Union Sufian Jusoh 19. Geographical Indications in the EU, China and Australia: WTO Case Bottling Up Over Prosecco Danny Friedmann 20. Indian Pharma Sector’s Journey for the Innovation Panacea: Lessons from Negotiations wiTheU and RCEP Debashis Chakraborty and Nilanjan Banik