The chapter discusses the European Union's approach to managing global interdependencies in the business and human rights domain through law and governance. It considers the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights (UNGPs) next to the International Treaty Initative, focussing on the...

The article discusses the implementation of the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights (UNGPs) in the European Union against the backdrop of perennial debates between proponents of ‘hard' versus ‘soft' law approaches to preventing and redressing corporate-related human rights...

The contribution explores the role of economic globalisation in the identity formation (‘constitution’) of the European Union at the interface of law, democracy, and social justice. It examines how the spatial, subjective and material dimensions of European sovereignty interact with economic...

In the process of European constitutionalism, the European Union continues to struggle for a constitutional identity that can generate widespread support amongst its peoples. This problem has triggered two polarised visions of a 'Christian' versus a 'secular' Europe. While the former contends a...