PIL.OT / DEVELOPMENT
PIL.OTv0.57.7
Francesco Spera addresses how the European Union’s use of soft-law instruments in responding externally to migration and asylum crises relates to the principles of the Treaties and the integration process. The book places those instruments within the EU’s external governance and its role as a global actor.
Drawing on newer theories of EU integration and constitutional principles, Spera considers case studies including the New Pact on Migration and Asylum, the Strategic Compass and REPowerEU. He proposes a taxonomy of EU external-relations soft law distinct from both international soft law and internal EU soft law.
The relationship between the EU’s use of soft-law instruments in responding to migration and asylum crises externally and the EU Treaties’ principles and integration process
The book frames soft law in the EU’s external response to migration and asylum crises as a form of governance with implications for legal and institutional development, rather than merely a secondary policy tool.
2026
DOI 10.4324/9781003746935