1st Edition

EU Criminal Law and Policy Values, Principles and Methods

276 Pages
by Routledge

273 Pages
by Routledge

273 Pages
by Routledge

The EU now possesses a clear legal basis for taking action on criminal law matters and steering the policy and practice of Member States in relation to crime and criminal law. However, for what is now an important area of law, there remains a striking absence or uncertainty regarding its theoretical basis, its legitimacy and its conceptual vocabulary. This book offers a review of the... Read more

1. EU Criminal Law as an Emergent Regime: Editorial introduction Joanna Beata Banach-Gutierrez and Christopher Harding  Part I The Search for Principle, Direction and Coherence  2. Supranational Integration in Criminal Matters within the European Union: What could the future bring ? Joanna Beata Banach-Gutierrez  3. The effects of the civilizing process on penal developments in the European Union Jaroslaw Utrat-Milecki  4. EU Criminal Law: National Boundaries and the European Penal Rainbow' Joanna Banach-Gutierrez and Christopher Harding  5. Towards a principled European Criminal Policy: Some lessons from the Nordic countries Raimo Lahti  6. The Marginalization of European Criminal Law: Proportionality, Subsidiarity and Principled Public Policy Priorities in Protecting Human Life and Rights Hendrik Kaptein  7. EU Criminal Law and Effet Utile: A Critical Examination of the Union's use of Criminal Law to Achieve Effective Enforcement Vanessa Franssen  8. Tasks for Criminology in the Field of EU Criminal Law and Crime Policy Christopher Harding  Part II Stocktaking progress, achievements and prospects  9. Reflections on the Prospects for Regional Criminal Courts: Europe and Africa Compared Harmen van der Wilt  10. The Practice of Plea Bargaining in the Nordic Context Patrick Gunsberg  11. The EU Criminal Intelligence Model: Problems and Issues Artur Gruszczak  12. Victims as Individuals with Rights in the European Union: Their Protection and their Legal Standing Begona Vidal Fernandez  13. Exploring the Impact of Legal Culture in Shaping the Role of the European Public Prosecutor: The Prospects for Penal Moderation Constantina Sampani  14. Exploring the Case for Criminalisation of Business Cartels in Europe Patrick Gunsberg  15. The EU Legislation on Protection of Financial Markets against Market Manipulation and its Implementation in Polish law Anna Blachnio-Parzych  16. Transposing EU Framework Decisions into the United Kingdom's Criminal Law: The Trials and Tribulations of a Researcher Jennifer Edwards

Biography

Joanna Beata Banach-Gutierrez is Associate Professor at the Faculty of Law and Administration, University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn. Her research interests are focused especially on international criminal law and procedure, European criminal justice, comparative criminology and crime policy.

Christopher Harding is Professor at the Department of Law and Criminology at Aberystwyth University. His research spans European and international law, criminal jurisprudence, penal theory, the history of crime and the penal system, and the protection of human rights.