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Book review: <i>L’individu, sujet du droit de l’Union européenne</i>, by Julie Rondu. (Brussels: Bruylant, 2020)

Book review: L’individu, sujet du droit de l’Union européenne, by Julie Rondu. (Brussels:... Book reviews 1275 Julie Rondu, L’individu, sujet du droit de l’Union européenne. Brussels: Bruylant, 2020. 882 pages. ISBN: 9782802764731. EUR 105. At first, the topic of this book seems extremely classic: the fact that the EU legal system is individual-oriented is old news, as old at least as Van Gend en Loos (1963). The angle, however, is the individual as a subject of EU law. As the book recalls (p. 31), the individuals became subjects of law both through the will of the State and against it. Can they therefore exist as subjects of law beyond the State? We know this to be a recurring issue in public international law. Is there room for individuals as a third kind of subjects of international law, alongside States and the international organizations? The fact that international agreements can have direct effect, and thus grant rights to individuals, is not enough to characterize individuals as full subjects of international law. Nor is the fact that individuals can be parties to proceedings before international courts, either as claimants (e.g. the ECtHR) or as defendants (e.g. the International Criminal Court). As long as the consent of the States is required to grant rights to http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Common Market Law Review Kluwer Law International

Book review: <i>L’individu, sujet du droit de l’Union européenne</i>, by Julie Rondu. (Brussels: Bruylant, 2020)

Common Market Law Review , Volume 58 (4): 5 – Aug 1, 2021
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Book reviews 1275 Julie Rondu, L’individu, sujet du droit de l’Union européenne. Brussels: Bruylant, 2020. 882 pages. ISBN: 9782802764731. EUR 105. At first, the topic of this book seems extremely classic: the fact that the EU legal system is individual-oriented is old news, as old at least as Van Gend en Loos (1963). The angle, however, is the individual as a subject of EU law. As the book recalls (p. 31), the individuals became subjects of law both through the will of the State and against it. Can they therefore exist as subjects of law beyond the State? We know this to be a recurring issue in public international law. Is there room for individuals as a third kind of subjects of international law, alongside States and the international organizations? The fact that international agreements can have direct effect, and thus grant rights to individuals, is not enough to characterize individuals as full subjects of international law. Nor is the fact that individuals can be parties to proceedings before international courts, either as claimants (e.g. the ECtHR) or as defendants (e.g. the International Criminal Court). As long as the consent of the States is required to grant rights to

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