Crime within the Area of Freedom, Security and Justice
A European Public Order

An analysis of the EU's role in fighting crime within the area of freedom, security and justice.

Christina Eckes (Edited by), Theodore Konstadinides (Edited by)

9781107002159, Cambridge University Press

Hardback, published 20 January 2011

328 pages
22.9 x 15.2 x 1.9 cm, 0.61 kg

'Collectively, these essays examine some of the emerging issues of the EU's fight against crime in the AFSJ. It contains concise stand-alone assessments of the impact of the Treaty of Lisbon in discrete areas of criminal law, including the major innovations and the limitations.' Wanni Teo, Yearbook of European Law

The 'Europeanisation' of the fight against crime is a broad and much-contested notion. This in-depth analysis of the role of the EU in fighting crime within the area of freedom, security and justice explores the impact of EU policies in the Member States, the progressive convergence of Member States' criminal law systems, the emergence of mutual recognition as an alternative to harmonization, and the incremental development of the ECJ's jurisdiction. The essays also explore the limitations inherent in EU counter-crime policies and the changes brought about by the introduction of the Treaty of Lisbon. These changes are discussed both collectively and within individual substantive areas in which the EU has taken an active role in fighting crime, such as corruption, money laundering, terrorism, organised crime and extradition.

Introduction Christina Eckes and Theodore Konstadinides
1. EU criminal justice: beyond Lisbon Maria Fletcher
2. The European Union policy against corruption in the light of recent international developments Patrycja Szarek Mason
3. The EU's anti-money laundering agenda: built on risks? Ester Herlin-Karnell
4. EU anti-money laundering regulation: multilevel cooperation of public and private actors Maria Bergström
5. The legal framework of the European Union's counter-terrorist policies: full of good intentions? Christina Eckes
6. Organised crime: developments and challenges for an enlarged European Union Massimo Fichera
7. The Europeanization of extradition: how many light years away to mutual confidence? Theodore Konstadinides
8. The European evidence warrant: mutual recognition and mutual (dis)trust? Cian Murphy
9. Law and order and internal security provisions in the area of freedom, security and justice: before and after Lisbon Alicia Hinarejos
10. The external dimension of EU's area of freedom, security and justice Ramses A. Wessel, Luisa Marin and Claudio Matera.

Subject Areas: Criminal justice law [LNFB], Criminal law & procedure [LNF], Constitutional & administrative law [LND], International criminal law [LBBZ], EU & European institutions [JPSN2]