Multilevel regulation and the EU. The interplay between global, European and national normative processes

Rules are no longer merely made by states, but increasingly by international organizations and other international bodies. At the same time these rules do impact the daily life of citizens and companies as it has become increasingly difficult to draw dividing lines between international, EU and domestic law. This book introduces the notion of ‘multilevel regulation’ as a way to study these normative processes and the interplay between different legal orders. It indicates that many rules in such areas as trade, financial cooperation, food safety, pharmaceuticals, security, terrorism, civil aviation, environmental protection or the internet find their origin in international cooperation. Apart from mapping multilevel regulation on the basis of a number of case studies, the book analyses its consequences in relation to forms of legal protection and legitimacy. In that respect it proposes an agenda for research to study how to cope with multilevel regulation.

This book offers valuable resources for researchers involved in studying the interplay between international, European and domestic law. For practitioners it offers background information on the ways in which many international rules come into being.

Contents:
Multilevel Regulation and the EU: A Brief Introduction - Jan Wouters, Ramses Wessel and Andreas Follesdal

Part I. Multilevel Regulation and the EU: Towards a Research Agenda
- The Phenomenon of Multilevel Regulation: Interactions between Global, EU and National Regulatory Spheres - Ramses Wessel and Jan Wouters

Part II. Mapping the Unmappable:Case-Studies of Multilevel Regulation
- Challenges to the Legitimacy of International Regulation: The Case of Pharmaceuticals Standardisation - Bärbel R. Dorbeck-Jung
- Financial Trade Associations and Multilevel Regulation - Caroline Bradley
- Multilevel Banking Regulation: An Assessment of the Role of the EC in the Light of Coherence and Democratic Legitimacy - Bart De Meester
- Multilevel Internet Governance Involving the European Union, Nation States and NGOs - Robert Uerpmann-Wittzack
- The Interaction between Global, Regional and National Regulation in the Definition of Terrorism - Erling Johannes Husabø
- The Transatlantic Common Aviation Area: Competing Legal Orders and State Self-Interest - Mirjam Kars and Helen Stout

Part III. Challenges Flowing from Multilevel Regulation
- How Do Judges Cope with Multilevel Regulation? - Rory Stephen Brown
- Legal Protection of the Individual Against UN Sanctions in a Multilevel System - Clemens A. Feinäugle
- Trapped between Courts or How Terrorist Suspects Lost Their Right to a Remedy - Christina Eckes
- Multilevel Economic Regulation and the EC Protection of Fundamental Rights - Mielle Bulterman
- Reducing the Judicial Deficit in Multilevel Environmental Regulation: The Example of Plant Protection Products - Andrea Keessen
- Multilevel Regulations Reviewed by Multilevel Jurisdictions: The ECJ, the National Courts and the ECHR - Andrea Ott
- Hierarchy in Multilevel Regulation - Nikolaos Lavranos
- Epilogue: Toward more Legitimate Multilevel Regulation - Andreas Follesdal