The law & politics of Brexit, The law & politics of Brexit

This book provides a comprehensive, interdisciplinary analysis of the Trade & Cooperation Agreement (TCA) between the European Union (EU) and the United Kingdom (UK). It unpacks the complex provisions of the agreement, identifies emerging security challenges, and examines the evolution of EU-UK trade relations as a result of the Windsor Framework.

This third volume in the Law and Politics of Brexit series provides a comprehensive analysis of the new framework of relationship between the United Kingdom (UK) and the European Union (EU) applicable since 1st January 2021, following the end of the Brexit transition period.

This book provides the first interdisciplinary overview of the Protocol on Ireland/Northern Ireland, attached to the Withdrawal Agreement, which regulates the terms of Brexit. It examines its content, challenges, and context, including constitutional trends in the UK and Ireland, governance mechanisms, and clauses on trade and human rights.

The book examines the law and politics of the Protocol on Ireland/Northern Ireland, attached to the Withdrawal Agreement, which regulates the terms of Brexit. The Protocol on Ireland/Northern Ireland deals with the most complex issue which emerged during the withdrawal negotiations between the United Kingdom (UK) and the European Union (EU), namely how to avoid a hard border in the island of Ireland and preserve the peace process started in Northern Ireland with the 1998 Belfast Good Friday Agreement. To this end, the Protocol, which was agreed in its final form in October 2019, establishes a bespoke solution, notably by keeping Northern Ireland aligned to EU customs and internal market rules. Nevertheless, the operation of the Protocol, which has formally entered into force in January 2021, has stirred political controversies in the Unionist community in Northern Ireland, and caused diplomatic confrontation between the EU and the UK. The purpose of this book is therefore to provide the first interdisciplinary overview of the Protocol, shedding light on its context, content and challenges. The book-which brings together contributions by leading legal scholars, political scientists, sociologists, and trade experts from Northern Ireland, Ireland, Great Britain, Europe, and the United States-provides a comprehensive and contextual assessment of the Protocol. It examines its setting, including constitutional trends in the UK and Ireland, focuses on its substantive clauses dealing with human rights and cross-border cooperation, as well as on those related to trade, and analyses its governance mechanisms, including democratic consent and safeguards.

This text provides a scholarly analysis of the withdrawal agreement concluded between the United Kingdom and the European Union to create the legal framework for Brexit on 31st January, 2020. The volume covers the negotiation process, the substantive provisions, governance arrangements under the Agreement and the main challenges ahead.

This work covers the political and legal implications of the United Kingdom's decision to leave the European Union. Structured in four parts, the text covers the background of how Brexit came to be, the implications of Brexit on the constitutional structure of the UK, and also the EU, and finally how the EU project can go forward beyond Brexit.

This book covers the political and legal implications of the United Kingdom's decision to leave the European Union. Structured in four parts, the book covers the background of how Brexit came to be, the implications of Brexit on the constitutional structure of the UK, and also the EU, and finally how the EU project can go forward beyond Brexit.