Models for a system of European criminal law: Unifications vs. harmonisation

For many years European scholars have engaged in a dialectic battle over whether the EU needs a single Criminal Code valid for all of its territory or if it is preferable to harmonize existing state regulations. This essay contends that, to a certain extent, such discussion is short-sighted. It is argued that, in the end, the EU needs both actions to be taken; the challenge is which subject-matters are to be included in the single (federal) Code, and which to be harmonized progressively throughout the EU. 

Journal/Publisher: New Journal of European Criminal Law, Volume 1, Issue 3

Publication type: Article

Number of pages/Page range: 385-402

Language/s (content): English

Date of publication: 01-09-10

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