| Description |
1 online resource (299 pages) |
| Series |
Routledge Research in European Union Law |
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Routledge Research in European Union Law
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| Contents |
Cover; Criminal Law and Policy in the European Union; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Preface; Table of Cases; Table of Legislation; List of Documents Cited; 1 Introduction; 2 A brief history of EU criminal law; 3 EU competences, legislative processes, and institutions in the field of criminal law; 4 Sources and doctrines of EU criminal law; 5 General principles of EU criminal law; 6 Substantive EU criminal law: an introduction; 7 'Euro crimes': specific offences at EU level; 8 Mutual recognition and the approximation of criminal procedure |
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9 Fundamental rights and defence rights10 The past and future of EU criminal law; Bibliography; Index |
| Summary |
This book takes stock of the development of EU criminal law from the establishment of the ECSC to the first European Union criminal law directives passed after the Lisbon Treaty. The work considers criminal offences established at EU level, the effects of EU law on national criminalization, the emerging body of EU criminal procedural law, and the increasing recognition of defense rights as EU rights. Limits to the legal effects of EU-level rules require them to be examined in the light of Member State practice. Implementing measures are not always appropriate, and may balance interests und |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Criminal justice, Administration of -- European Union countries
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Criminal law -- European Union countries
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International and municipal law -- European Union countries
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Criminal justice, Administration of
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Criminal law
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International and municipal law
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European Union countries
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781135130992 |
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113513099X |
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