The New Relationship between the United Kingdom and the European Union

Dr. Emmanuel Guinchard is Principal Lecturer at Liverpool John Moores University, where he leads the Academic LLMs and PhD programmes. His teaching and research focus on Private International Law, European Union law, World Trade Organization law and Competition Law. He has published widely in the field of European Civil Justice. His publications include the edited books "Le nouveau règlement Bruxelles I bis" (Bruylant, 2014) and "Rome I and Rome II in practice" (Intersentia, 2020).

Prof. Carlo Panara is Professor of Comparative Public Law at Liverpool John Moores University, and the co-Editor-in-Chief of the European Public Law Review (Kluwer). He is the Director of LJMU Law School . He is widely published in the fields of European and Comparative Law. His publications include the monograph "The Sub-national Dimension of the EU: A Legal Study of Multilevel Governance" (Springer, 2015) and the edited books "The Role of the Regions in EU Governance" (Springer, 2011, with Alexander De Becker) and "Local Government in Europe" (Routledge, 2013, with Michael Varney). Carlo Panara is a Barrister-at-Law (unregistered), The Honourable Society of the Middle Temple, London.

Introduction.- Part I - The Background to the New Relationship between the UK and the EU.- A historical perspective of the UK in Europe.- The impact of Brexit on UK constitutional law and politics.- Human and fundamental rights (incl. general principles of EU law).- Part II - The New Relationship as shaped by the 2019 and 2020 Agreements.- Citizens of the EU in the UK and British Citizens in the EU.- Trade in goods.- The future regulatory framework for commercial transactions in the UK and EU post Brexit: challenges and opportunities.- Criminal justice, police and counterterrorism cooperation.- Public procurement.- Northern Ireland.- The UK overseas territories: Gibraltar, Jersey and Guernsey.- Institutional framework, monitoring process and dispute settlement.- Part III - A New Relationship to forge.- Collaboration in the field of security and defence.- The international trade agreements of the UK post-Brexit.- The cooperation in the field of environmental protection.- European civil justice.- Financial Services.- Cooperation in education and research: the changing UK-EU relationship.- The European offices of the UK local authorities and devolved administrations after Brexit.- Conclusion.