The Future of EU Criminal Justice Policy and Practice : Legal and Criminological Perspectives

EU criminal justice is a fast developing and challenging area of EU law and policy that requires scholars from different disciplines to join forces. This book is a first attempt to establish such synergies. Coming from different angles, the authors deal with questions in the area of EU substantive criminal law, such as when criminalisation of conduct is an appropriate choice; how the process of (de)criminalisation could be advanced; what the role of evidence could be in this regard; and what consequences criminalisation decisions at EU level have for national legal orders. The book concludes with a demonstration of how similar issues arise in the field of procedural criminal la

Introduction

This introduction explains the aim, context and purpose of the book as well as the need for an interdisciplinary study of EU criminal justice. It also discusses the content of the book and the limitations to the study. In particular it discusses the need for and problems with a more evidence-based approach to lawmaking in the area of EU criminal law

Tackling Breaches of Sale Contracts at EU level: A Call for Change?

This chapter examines whether and under which conditions breaches of sale contracts should be criminalised at EU level, by applying a number of criminalisation principles and conditions that can be identified as commonly accepted in EU context