English Explanatory Dictionary

Brussels effect

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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  1. The process of unilateral regulatory globalisation caused by the European Union de facto (but not necessarily de jure) externalizing its laws outside its borders through market mechanisms.

Word forms

Brussels effect the Brussels effect

Etymology

Coined by Finnish-American legal scholar Anu Bradford in 2012, named after the California effect.

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