'Scholarship on European Union law has proliferated in recent years, but they treat European law as a pure 'local' concept. This book makes a refreshing and unique contribution … What distinguishes this book from its rivals is the fact that it examines EU law in its international context. In a fascinating way, Hartley convinces his readers to access European law through the prism of globalization … The entire book is a model for future books on the relations between European law and international law and between European policies and international affairs … This book can be recommended for two main reasons … a unique insight into an evolving Union … Hartley finally convinces us, directly and indirectly, that in order to study the European Union one ought to study it in a global context … it can be read by European and non-European policy-makers, scholars, practitioners and students and taught in foreign law schools. For Europeans it opens a new window towards understanding the EU in a wider, more pertinent, context, and for non-Europeans it provides a rare source, which, using familiar legal tools, will allow them to acquire fundamental knowledge of European law and policy.' Lior Zemer, University of Leicester