Pech, Laurent

EU Institutions

EU Policies

EU Trade and the Single Market

Law and Legal Issues

The European Union and its Constitution – From Rome to Lisbon (Dublin: Clarus Press, 2008), 266 p. [Awarded European Prize for outstanding scholarship on the Lisbon Treaty by the LISBOAN research network in 2011]

With A. Egan, ‘Respect for Human Rights as a General Objective of the EU’s External Action’, in S Douglas-Scott (ed), Research Handbook on EU Law and Human Rights (2017), pp. 243-266

L’expérience anglaise dans le domaine de l’éducation juridique transnationale’, in M-C Ponthoreau, La dénationalisation de l’enseignement du droit: Comparaison des experiences (Paris: Institut Universitaire Varenne – LGDJ, 2016), pp. 103-120

With R. Canet and M. Stewart, ‘France’s Burning Issue: Understanding the Urban Riots of November 2005’ in B. Bowden and M. David (eds), Riot: Resistance and Rebellion in Britain and France. 1381 to the Present (London: Palgrave, 2015), pp. 270-292

Article 47’ (with several co-authors) in S. Peers et al (eds), The EU Charter of Fundamental Rights. A Commentary (Hart, 2014), pp. 1196-1275

‘Promoting The Rule of Law Abroad: On the EU’s limited contribution to the shaping of an international understanding of the rule of law’ in F. Amtenbrink and D. Kochenov (eds), The EU’s Shaping of the International Legal Order (Cambridge University Press, 2013), pp. 108-129

With A. Donoghue, ‘The EU Treaties and the North American Free Trade Agreement as Supranational Constitutions’ in J. Hémon (ed.), Les intégrations régionales: Une approche comparative (Octares Editions, 2013), pp. 85-101.

With Profs Groussot and Pertursson, ‘The Reach of EU Fundamental Rights on Member State Action after Lisbon’ in de Vries, Bernitz and Weatherhill (eds), The Protection of Fundamental Rights in the EU after Lisbon (Hart, 2013), pp. 97-118.

‘The Institutional Development of the EU: A Case of Plus Ca Change…?’ in N. Countouris et al. (eds), The EU after the Treaty of Lisbon (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2012), pp. 1-46. Cited inter alia in UK House of Commons, The European Union: A Democractic Institution? Research Paper 14/25, 29 April 2014.

‘The Law of Holocaust Denial in Europe: Toward a (qualified) EU-Wide Criminal Prohibition” in T. Hochmann and L. Hennebel (eds), Genocide Denials and the Law (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2011), pp. 185-234.

Selected refereed articles in academic journals and other scholarly outlets: With K. Scheppele, ‘Illiberalism Within: Rule of Law Backsliding in the EU’ (2017) 19 Cambridge Yearbook of European Legal Studies 3-47

With S. Platon, ‘Systemic Threats to the Rule of Law in Poland: Between Action and Procrastination’, European Issue no 451, Foundation Robert Schuman, 13 November 2017 (original version: French; also translated in Polish)

With A. Alemanno, ‘Thinking Justice Outside the Docket: A Critical Assessment of the Reform of the EU’s Court System’ (2017) 54(1) Common Market Law Review 129-176

With H. Flavier and S. Platon, ‘La liberté d’expression des agents publics’ [freedom of expression of civil servants in French, EU and ECHR Law] in LexisNexis Juris-Classeur Fonctions Publiques (no. 115) ; Collectivités territoriales (no. 794) ; Communication (no. 2600), 4th edition, 2017.

With D. Kochenov, ‘Better late than never: On the European Commission’s Rule of Law Framework and its first activation (2016) 54(5) Journal of Common Market Studies 1062-1074

The EU as a Global ‘Rule of Law Promoter’: The Consistency and Effectiveness Challenges’ (2016) 14(1) Europe-Asia Journal 7-24

With D. Kochenov and S. Platon, ‘Ni panacée, ni gadget: Le nouveau cadre de l’Union europeenne pour renforcer l’Etat de droit’ (2015) 4 Revue Trimestrielle de Droit Européen 689-714

With D. Kochenov, ‘Monitoring and Enforcement of the Rule of Law in the EU: Rhetoric and Reality’ (2015) 11(3) European Constitutional Law Review 512-540

With A. Egan, ‘Respect for Human Rights as a General Objective of the EU’s External Action’, Leuven Centre for Global Governance Studies, Working Paper no. 161, June 2015.

With D. Kochenov, ‘Renforcer le respect de l’Etat de droit dans l’UE: Regards critiques sur les nouveaux mécanismes proposes par la Commission et le Conseil’, Policy Paper of Fondation Robert Schuman no. 356, 11 mai 2015

With D. Kochenov, ‘Upholding the Rule of Law in the EU: On the Commission’s ‘Pre-Article 7 Procedure’ as a Timid Step in the Right Direction’, RSCAS Working Paper 2015/24, European University Institute

With D. Keane, ‘Libertad de Expresión, Viñetas y Blasfemia en Francia’, Foreign Affairs LatinoAmérica, Vol. 15(2), 2015.