Full Description
This volume collects papers that explore institutionalisation in contemporary transatlantic relations. Policymakers, lawyers, and political scientists reflect on contemporary understandings of the process as an integration of regimes and orders from an EU perspective. The papers assess whether contemporary transatlantic relations call for a different approach to global governance with a heightened emphasis on institutionalisation. The book explores a diverse range of case studies of interest to a broad readership. In particular, it focuses upon two cutting-edge issues: transatlantic data privacy rules that are emerging after the post-Edward Snowdon / NSA / PRISM revelations; and trade aspects, especially the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) Agreement. The contributors consider these case studies from a variety of perspectives, honing in on the dynamism, method, and high politics of transatlantic relations as they have recently evolved. They critically explore the commonly held assumption that transatlantic relations have historically been considered quasi-institutionalised at best or, at worst, lacking in terms of laws and institutions. Is institutionalisation a useful meeting point for all disciplines? Does it explain regional integration meaningfully across subjects? Can institutionalisation serve to promote accountability and good governance? Contributors across disciplines and subjects address these increasingly challenging and salient questions.
Contents
I. Data Privacy. 1. Civil Liberties and Transatlantic Legislators; Claude Moraes.- 2. Institutionalisation and Transparency in Transatlantic Relations; Vigjilenca Abazi.- 3. Transatlantic relations and institutionalization: The case of data protection; Maria Tzanou.- 4. The Schrems Litigation: EU-US data privacy in collision; Max Schrems.- II. Transatlantic Institutionalisation and Regulation. 5. Who recognises standards in TTIP?; Kai Purnhagen.- 6. Institutionalising Transatlantic Business: Financial Services Regulation in TTIP; Davor Jancic.- III. The TTIP Investment Court. 7. TTIP's Investment Court in the Multi-lateral context; Hannes Lenk.- 8. International Investment Court and Public Law Trial in Transatlantic Relations; Catharine Titi.- 9. TTIP's Institutionalization: the Global Governance context; Robert Finbow.
