Criminal Law (European Union)

Increasingly, there is legislation in substantive criminal law at the level of the European Union (also European criminal law, according to another view only “Europeanisation of criminal law”). This legal matter describes "a legal matter of its own, which includes both Union law relevant to criminal law, [...] international law and the national criminal law influenced by it."

The Treaty of Lisbon integrates criminal law cooperation into the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (Up to now, Treaty establishing the European Community (EGV)). Since legislation, with a few exceptions , is to be carried out in the ordinary legislative process , the legislative process is simplified.

The competence of the European Union is limited to particularly serious crime with a cross-border dimension. In addition, there is legislative competence if this is essential for the effective implementation of Union policy in policy fields in which harmonization measures have been carried out ( Art. 83 TFEU) and with regard to the creation of a European Public Prosecutor to protect the Union's financial interests ( Art. 86 TFEU).

literature

Collections of laws

Robert Esser (Ed.): European and International Criminal Law: Collection of Rules . CF Müller, Heidelberg 2009, ISBN 978-3-8114-9616-3 .
Martin Wasmeier and Angelika Möhlig (eds.): Criminal law of the European Union . 2nd Edition. Nomos, 2008, ISBN 978-3-8329-2139-2 .

Textbooks / comments

Bernd Hecker : European criminal law . 3. Edition. Springer, Berlin 2010, ISBN 978-3-642-13126-4 .
Valsamis Mitsilegas : EU Criminal Law . Hart Publishing, 2009, ISBN 978-1-84113-585-4 .
Ulrich Sieber , Franz-Hermann Brüner , Helmut Satzger , Bernd von Heintschel-Heinegg (eds.): European criminal law . 1st edition. Nomos, Baden-Baden 2011, ISBN 978-3-8329-5603-5 .
Kai Ambos : International Criminal Law: Law on the Application of Criminal Law. International criminal law. European criminal law . 3. Edition. CH Beck, Munich 2011, ISBN 978-3-406-54163-6 .
Christoph Safferling : International criminal law: Law of application of penalties - International criminal law - European criminal law . 1st edition. Springer, Berlin Heidelberg 2011, ISBN 978-3-642-14913-9 .
Edward Schramm : International criminal law: Law of application of penalties - International criminal law - European criminal law . 1st edition. CH Beck, Munich 2011, ISBN 978-3-406-62815-3 .

Journals / articles

Journal of International Criminal Law Doctrine . ISSN 1863-6470 .
Stephan Beukelmann: Europeanization of criminal law - the new criminal law order after the Lisbon Treaty , NJW 2010, 2081
Dominik Brodowski: Developments relevant to criminal law in the European Union - an overview
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- ZIS 2011, 940 ( PDF )
- ZIS 2012, 558 ( PDF )

Michael Kubiciel: Criminal Law and European Criminal Policy , ZIS 2010, 742–748 ( PDF )

Marco Mansdörfer: European criminal law after the Treaty of Lisbon - or: Europeanisation of criminal law under national co-responsibility , HRRS 2010, 11 ( PDF )

Silke Nürnberger: The future European Public Prosecutor's Office - An Introduction , ZJS 2009, 225 ( PDF )

Edward Schramm: Eight Questions on European Criminal Law , ZJS 2010, 615 ( PDF )

Mark A. Zöller: The exchange of law enforcement data between the Member States of the European Union , ZIS 2011, 64 ( PDF )

Web links

Criminal law in the European Union on the website of the Federal Ministry of Justice

Individual evidence

↑ Bernd Hecker : European criminal law . 3. Edition. Springer, Berlin 2010, ISBN 978-3-642-13126-4 , Rn. 5.
↑ Zeder, Fritz, 2008: Minimum EU rules in substantive criminal law: What does the Lisbon Treaty bring? Jumper.

[1] Bernd Hecker : European criminal law . 3. Edition. Springer, Berlin 2010, ISBN 978-3-642-13126-4 , Rn. 5.

[2] Zeder, Fritz, 2008: Minimum EU rules in substantive criminal law: What does the Lisbon Treaty bring? Jumper.