Contents -- Contributors -- Introduction: International Law as Law of the European Union -- Part One General Issues: Monism, Dualism and the European Legal Order -- Reconsidering the Relationship between International and EU Law: Towards a Content-Based Approach? -- The Neo-Monish of the European Legal Order -- The EU at Crossroads: A Constitutional Inquiry into the Way International Law Is Received within the EU Legal Order -- Part Two International Law within the EU -- Customary International Law in the European Union -- The Validity of EU Norms Conflicting with International Obligations -- Using International Law for the European Union's Domestic Affairs -- International Agreements in the Area of the EU's Common Security and Defence Policy -- The Application of International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights Law in CSDP Operations -- Part Three International Decisions in EU Law -- Effects of Decisions of the UN Security Council in the EU Legal Order -- Direct Effect of International Agreements in the EU Legal Order: Does It Depend on the Existence of an International Dispute Settlement Mechanism? -- On the Absence of Direct Effect of the WTO Dispute Settlement Body's Decisions in the EU Legal Order -- Consistent Interpretation of WTO Rulings in the EU Legal Order? -- Part Four EU Law and Member States' International Law -- Member States Agreements as Union Law -- Mixed Agreements as a Source of European Union Law -- Part Five International Law and EU Law: The Role of Judges -- International Law as Law of the EU: The Role of the European Court of Justice -- Judicial Review of the International Validity of UN Security Council Resolutions by the European Court of Justice -- Giving Indirect Effect to International Law within the EU Legal Order: The Doctrine of Consistent Interpretation -- Index.