The Legal Effects of EU Soft Law

Theory, Language and Sectoral Insights

Elgar Studies in European Law and Policy

Edited by Petra Lea Láncos, Faculty of Law and Political Sciences, Pázmány Péter Catholic University, Budapest, Hungary, Napoleon Xanthoulis, Lecturer in Law, University of Southampton, UK and Luis Arroyo Jiménez, Faculty of Law and Social Sciences, University of Castilla-La Mancha, Spain

This incisive book evaluates the legal effects of soft law, its foundations and how they behave in some of the most innovative areas of EU law. Combining theory, language and sectoral insights, this comprehensive review uses case studies to shed new light on the three core areas of soft law.

‘This outstanding book is an innovative and important contribution to our knowledge and rethinking of soft law, relations to hard law and normative effects. The many theoretical insights and the detailed analysis of normativity, language, and financial supervision, standardization, and telecommunications will be essential reading for all interested in the subject.’
– Francis Snyder, Peking University School of Transnational Law, China

‘A brilliant contribution to the analysis of EU soft law, but also of soft law in general.’
– Jean-Bernard Auby, Sciences Po Paris, France