The Place of the Victim in Europe’s Area of Criminal Justice

The past 15 years have witnesses the transformation of the EU into an AFSJ marked by the evolution of the EU constitutional framework in the field via the entry into force of the Treaties of Amsterdam and Lisbon, as well as by significant growth in secondary EU legislation in the field.

The impact of EU criminal law on state sovereignty, national legal diversity and national concepts of justice remains however contested. This is the case in particular with regard to the place of the victim in the criminal justice system. The aim of this chapter is to provide a legal analysis of the place of the victim in EU criminal law and the EU more generally.

Journal/Publisher: Hart Publishing

Publication type: Article

Number of pages/Page range: 313-337

Language/s (content): English

Date of publication: 01-04-15

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