Hart Publishing The Needed Balances in EU Criminal Law: Past, Present and Future (Hart Studies in European Criminal Law)

This important volume provides an up-to-date overview of the main questions currently discussed in the field of EU criminal law. It makes a stimulating addition to literature in the field, while offering its own distinctive features. It takes a four-part approach: firstly, it addresses issues of a constitutional nature, such as the EU competence in the field of criminal law, the importance of the principle of subsidiarity and the role played by the different EU institutions. Secondly, it looks at issues linked to the quest of the right balance between diversity and unity, and focuses in particular on the special relationship between approximation and mutual recognition. Thirdly, it focuses on the balance between security and freedom, or, in other words, between the shield and sword functions of EU criminal law. Special attention is given here to transatlantic cooperation, data protection, terrorism, the European Arrest Warrant and the European Investigation Order. Finally, it examines the importance of balanced relations between criminal justice actors. Review This detailed volume, comprising some 23 chapters over six parts, aims to address the most potent questions arising in the field of EU criminal law today... the editors were able to draw upon an impressive range of expertise from academia and beyond... The resulting blend of law and policy insights on the history and future of EU criminal justice elevates the breadth and depth of the collection. --Criminal Law and Practice Review Dr Noreen O’Meara, Senior Lecturer in Law, University of Surrey[T]he book is not only a valid tool for academics, but may also serve as a reference for EU practitioners and actors working on amendments or drafting of EU criminal law instruments. --International Criminal Law Review Daria Sartori About the Author Chloé Brière is Associate Member of the Centre for European Law at the Université Libre de Bruxelles, and Member of the European Criminal Law Academic Network (ECLAN). Professor Anne Weyembergh is President of the Institute for European Studies at the Université Libre de Bruxelles, and Co-coordinator of the European Criminal Law Academic Network (ECLAN).