Publications
by Trine BAUMBACH - article
Danish criminal law and the EU
Danish criminal law has always had an ambivalent and complicated relationship to the EU and EU law and, for that reason, Denmark has a judicial ‘opt-out’. The ambivalent and complicated relationship has not been scaled down following the entering into force of the Lisbon Treaty – quite the contrary. This is due to the fact that Denmark, on the one hand, does not participate in the EU...
by Pedro CAEIRO and Miguel João COSTA in Katalin LIGETI (Ed.), "Toward a Prosecutor for the European Union Volume 1 - A Comparative Analysis" - book_chapter
Portugal
Volume 1 begins with thorough descriptions of 20 different national legal systems of investigation and prosecution, addressing a range of evidential and procedural safeguards. These will serve as...
by Annika SUOMINEN - article
EU criminal law cooperation before and after the Lisbon Treaty - aspects and comments especially in relation to the Norwegian position
The Lisbon Treaty has fundamentally changed the parameters of European criminal law. Provisions on criminal law are now part of general EU law in the TFEU (Treaty of the Functioning of the...
by Joanna Beata BANACH-GUETIERREZ and Christopher HARDING - article
The emergent EU criminal policy: Identifying the species
This article analyses the European Commission's Communication of September 2011, "Towards an EU Criminal Policy", in an attempt to identify more precisely the nature and role of what is now...
by Edita GRUODYTE and Stefan KIRCHNER - article
Pro bono work vs. legal aid: Approaches to ensuring access to justice and the social responsibility of the attorney
In many jurisdictions middle- and low-income individuals obtain only a relatively modest share of lawyers’ services. In a society ruled by law, every person should be able to expect key principles...
by Stanislaw TOSZA in Katalin LIGETI (Ed.), "Toward a prosecutor for the European Union Volume 1 - A comparative analysis" and Martin PERSCHKO and Marc SCHLITZ - book_chapter
Luxembourg
In an era in which the EU's influence in criminal law matters has expanded rapidly, attention has recently turned to the possible creation of a European Public Prosecutor's Office. This two volume...
by Robert KERT and Andrea LEHNER in Katalin LIGETI (Ed.), "Toward a Prosecutor for the European Union Volume 1: A Comparative Analysis" - book_chapter
Austria
In an era in which the EU's influence in criminal law matters has expanded rapidly, attention has recently turned to the possible creation of a European Public Prosecutor's Office. This two volume...