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The normative foundations for EU criminal justice : powers, limits, and justifications /

Öberg, Jacob,

The normative foundations for EU criminal justice : powers, limits, and justifications / Normative foundations for European Union criminal justice Jacob Öberg. - xxvii, 166 pages ; 24 cm - Modern studies in European law ; volume 124 .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Normative framework for assessing the justifications in EU -- Justification for harmonisation of domestic criminal procedure -- Justification for EU action in substantive criminal law -- The normative justifications for a European public prosecutor -- The normative justification for having a European FBI -- Conclusions and reflections.

"Should the European Union regulate criminal justice? This open access book explores the question forensically, establishing whether a compelling normative justification for EU action in the field exists. It develops an integrated standard based on the perspectives of the effective allocation of regulatory authority between the EU and the Member States, representation-based political theories, and harm-based theories of criminal law. This is a work that will be welcomed not only by EU criminal law scholars, but also by practitioners, judges and policymakers"--

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Criminal justice, Administration of--European Union countries.
Criminal procedure--European Union countries.
Criminal law--European Union countries.