TY - JOUR U1 - Zeitschriftenartikel, wissenschaftlich - begutachtet (reviewed) A1 - Weiss, Wolfgang A1 - Phinnemore, David A1 - Tyushka, Andriy T1 - Joint Institutional Frameworks in EU Bilateral Agreements: Joint Bodies, Rules and Principles, and Special Procedures JF - Journal of Common Market Studies: JCMS N2 - This introductory article makes the case for studying joint institutional frameworks (JIFs) in EU bilateral agreements and provides an overview of the remaining contributions to the sympo-sium. In doing so, it addresses contemporary policy developments and theoretical debates in political science and international institutional law. It considers the rationale, design, perfor-mance as well as legitimacy of JIFs both in general and, in particular, in the EU's contractual bilateral relations. By mapping out the variety of JIFs in distinct geographical and regulatory contexts, the article develops an overarching argument about the ‘transversal’ nature of such structural frameworks, focusing on the most prevalent structural principles and rules, joint bodies and special procedures, including those not covered in detail in the other contribu-tions to this symposium. Y1 - 2022 UR - https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/jcms.13333 SN - 0021-9886 SS - 0021-9886 U6 - https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1111/jcms.13333 DO - https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1111/jcms.13333 VL - 60 IS - 4 SP - 1124 EP - 1143 PB - Wiley-Blackwell CY - Oxford ER -