Publications

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 work presents the results of a study carried out by a group of European criminal law experts in 2010-2012, with the financial support of the EU Commission, whose aims were to examine in detail...

This book takes stock of the development of EU criminal law from the establishment of the ECSC to the first European Union criminal law directives passed after the Lisbon Treaty. The work...

The case of Dražen Erdemović raises the question whether a soldier may rely on the defence of duress if he shoots a large number of civilians because his superior has threatened to kill him if he...

La dimension externe de l’espace de liberté, de sécurité et de justice a été fortement influencée par l’entrée en vigueur du traité de Lisbonne le 1er décembre 2009. Dans le même temps, le...

One of the key constitutional objectives of the European Union since the entry into force of the Amsterdam Treaty, and reaffirmed by the provisions of the Lisbon Treaty (Article 2(2) TEU and...

This report aims to provide an overview of the novelties in the field of criminal justice – by asking the questions “What is happening to the criminal justice provisions in the EU?”, linking...

In order to guarantee that the rights of a suspect are respected throughout the criminal proceedings, he or she should have the right to counsel from the very early stages of the proceedings, at...