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Criminal law and policy in the European union

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York, Routledge, 2013,Description: xlix, 248 pISBN:
  • 9781138843400
DDC classification:
  • 345.24 MIE.C
Contents:
Criminal justice, Administration of -- European Union countries. Criminal law -- European Union countries. International and municipal law -- Europe Union countries. Introduction -- A brief history of EU criminal law -- EU competences, legislative processes, and institutions in the field of criminal law -- Sources and doctrines of EU criminal law -- General principles of EU criminal law -- Substantive EU criminal law : an introduction -- "Euro crimes" : specific offences at EU level -- Mutual recognition and the approximation of criminal procedure -- Fundamental rights and defence rights -- The past and future of EU criminal law.
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Criminal justice, Administration of -- European Union countries.
Criminal law -- European Union countries.
International and municipal law -- Europe Union countries. Introduction --
A brief history of EU criminal law --
EU competences, legislative processes, and institutions in the field of criminal law --
Sources and doctrines of EU criminal law --
General principles of EU criminal law --
Substantive EU criminal law : an introduction --
"Euro crimes" : specific offences at EU level --
Mutual recognition and the approximation of criminal procedure --
Fundamental rights and defence rights --
The past and future of EU criminal law.

A literal construction of the EC and EU Treaties suggests that their framers intended to limit the positive competences of both the Community and the Union in the field of criminal law. However, the European Court of Justice has consistently applied tests of necessity and effectiveness to develop the Community's catalogue of legislative competences and the interpretation of Community law, culminating in decisions

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