. . . this book fills a significant gap in the English-language literature and must be read by all who seek to understand why profound reflection is needed on t

In this book legal and criminological scholars offer advanced analyses of the exercise of the substantive criminal law competences of the EU.

With the developing landscape of a European criminal justice sphere comes an increasing imperative for scholars and practitioners to gain some insight into the

This volume discusses EU criminal justice from three perspectives. The first concerns fundamental rights following the adoption of the directives that have prog

EU Criminal Law is perhaps the fastest-growing area of EU law. It is also one of the most contested fields of EU action, covering measures which have a signific