Criminal Law and Criminal Jurisdiction of the European Union

Abstract

Given the new fundamental principle of the European cooperation in criminal matters, the development of existing procedural, institutional and substantive forms of this cooperation and the establishment of new ones, issues of the notion of the European Union Criminal Law, of the limits of the EU criminal jurisdiction and of emerging conflicts of jurisdictions between the EU and third States are raised.

Keywords: European Union Criminal Law, Police and Judicial Cooperation in Criminal Matters, mutual recognition and enforcement of judgments, European Arrest Warrant, European Investigation Order in criminal matters, criminal jurisdiction

JEL Classification: K14