Publications

Since the Treaty of Amsterdam (1999) the European Union’s «Area of freedom, security and justice» (AFSJ) has become one of the most dynamic and fastest expanding European policy-making domains.With objectives such as enhanced internal security, a better management of migration challenges and improved access to justice the AFSJ addresses some fundamental concerns of European citizens.The...

In October 2009, the Slovene legislator adopted an Act Amending the Criminal Procedure Act (CPA-J). With this law, two new articles entered the Criminal Procedure Act: article No. 219.a and...

Since the Tampere European Council, now ten years ago, hard work has been done within the third pillar of the European Union (EU) on innovation or, rather, streamlining of the legal assistance...

In the new post-Cold War security era, there is a perception that the nature of cross-border security threats has changed. The need to respond to these new threats has led to a proliferation of...

The basic purpose of this article is  to analyze the evolution of this criminal offence in a specific supranational organization, the European Union, from its most remote origins up to the...

Ten years ago it became a formal objective of the European Union to transform itself into an "Area of Freedom, Security and Justice". As the second five-year programme to turn that objective into...

The broad aim of the Extradition Act 2003 was to simplify extradition. It is a controversial piece of legislation. For its supporters, it is a welcome law ensuring that those who commit crimes in...