What is it about?
Criminal law is developing beyond the national level. In particular, European Union Criminal Law is a fast growing area of EU law. One important feature of its development is that it is moving away from a purely intergovernmental arrangement (inter-State cooperation) towards an integrated system based on mutual trust.
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Why is it important?
This article explains for the first time the EU criminal law model from a theoretical point of view and considers it crucial for the development of the EU as a constitutional community.
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Massimo Fichera is Academy of Finland Research Fellow at the Faculty of Law, University of Helsinki. He was previously, in the same University, Lecturer in European Studies at the Network for European Studies, and Post-Doctoral Fellow at the Faculty of Law, University of Helsinki. His interests lie in constitutional theory and European Union Law broadly conceived. Before joining the University of Helsinki, he completed his PhD at the University of Edinburgh and carried out research during his internships in international organisations, including the European Commission and the United Nations. He holds a degree in Law (University of Messina) and a Master in International Affairs (ISPI, Milan) and qualified as Avvocato in Italy. He is currently writing a monograph on "The Foundations of the EU as a Polity" (Edward Elgar)
Dr Massimo Fichera
Helsingin Yliopisto
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This page is a summary of: Criminal Law beyond the State: The European Model, European Law Journal, February 2013, Wiley,
DOI: 10.1111/eulj.12020.
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