ABSTRACT
Brexit will arguably become an important focal point of the reach of EU law and a high level of regulatory alignment – as a starting point – unlike any other third country ever before. Most case studies of the reach of EU law involve the consideration of new dissemination of EU law in selected case studies or fields over extensive retrospective time periods unlike all existing studies on the reach of EU law. The UK will form a unique case study of the global reach of EU law where the depth of alignment will require careful sectoral examination and specific temporal delineation. Proposed exit from the European Convention on Human Rights could also prove problematic. It raises a key question as to what third countries partners understand, communicate, expect, practise and comply with. Arguably, the impossibility of repeal is very high in certain sectors. The chapter considers global governance perspectives, EU law and EU international relations and the reach of EU law, political economy and regulatory alignment with the EU, EU law and international agreements on human rights and values regression and conditionality and domestic UK provisions on EU law post-exit on the retention of EU law.
