The Cambridge Companion to European Criminal Law

Offers a straightforward, comprehensive and up-to-date picture of the state of affairs in European Criminal Law.

Kai Ambos (Edited by), Peter Rackow (Edited by)

9781108799799, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 16 February 2023

500 pages
22.7 x 15.1 x 3 cm, 0.76 kg

European Criminal Law has developed into a complex, jagged subject matter, which at the same time has become increasingly important for everyday criminal law practice. On the one hand, this work aims to do comprehensive justice to the complexity of the matter without sacrificing readability. In order to achieve this, the book's structure enables legal scholars and experienced practitioners to access the information relevant to them in a targeted manner and, at the same time, enables less oriented readers to gain access to European criminal law. Thus, the volume both answers basic questions and offers discussion in more specialised areas. Written by experts in the field, the book offers discussions which are both of the highest academic standards and accessibly readable.

Part I. Foundations of European Criminal Law: 1. European Union and European Council, special focus on criminal law Krisztina Karsai and Liane Wörner
2. The European Court System and its role in shaping European criminal law Liz Heffernan
Part II. Purposes and Principles: 3. Human Rights Protection through the Lens of the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights and the ECHR Noreen O'Meara
4. Primacy, Duty of Loyalty and Interpretation Emanuela Fronza
5. Supranational criminal law, harmonisation and approximation Kimmo Nuotio
6. Mutual recognition and mutual trust Philipp Ronsfeld
Part III. European Substantive Criminal Law: 7. Protection of the Financial Interests of the EU (Art. 325 TFEU) Stefanie Bock
8. Cross-Border Crimes Marianne L. Wade
9. Further Areas Jan Stajnko, Petra Weingerl and Miha Šepec
Part IV. European Criminal Procedure: 10. Fundamental Rights Protection Martin Böse
11. Extradition and surrender: from a bilateral political arrangement to a triangular legal procedure Pedro Caiero and Miguel João Costa
12. Further mutual legal assistance. The European Investigation Order Lorena Bachmaier Winter
13. Police (operational and other) cooperation Kai Ambos and Peter Rackow
Part V. Institutions: 14. Office de Lutte Antifraud (OLAF) Olivier Cahn
15. Europol Katalin Ligeti and Fabio Giuffrida
16. Eurojust Alejandro Hernández López and Francisco Jiménez-Villarejo Fernández
17. A European Public Prosecutor Office to Protect Common Financial Interests: A Milestone for the EU Integration Process Silvia Allegrezza
Part VI. Perspectives: 18. Brexit and European Criminal Law Valsamis Mitsilegas
19. Rethinking European Criminal Law Frank Meyer.

Subject Areas: Laws of Specific jurisdictions [LN]