European Public Prosecutor in the Context of Slovenian Criminal Law
The author analyzes the Green paper, issued by the Commission of the European Communities, and assesses the possible consequences of harmonization for Slovenian criminal law. Harmonization with the central idea of the discussed document, the establishment of the common authority, responsible for detecting and prosecuting the offences prejudicial to the Community’s financial interests (the European Public Prosecutor), would demand extensive structural modifications of Slovenian criminal procedure, including vast changes concerning the authorizations of all the parties involved. Some of those novelties would be welcome (e. g. establishment of the judge of freedoms), but since Green paper proposes prosecution and efficiency-oriented procedural model, the acceptation of certain solutions would certainly lower national procedural standards.
Journal/Publisher: Slovenian Law Review 123 (2004)
Publication type: Article
Number of pages/Page range: 123 f
Language/s (content): English
Date of publication: 01-03-04
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