This book takes stock of the development of criminal law in the context of the EC and the EU, and examines whether this has led to a European criminal policy, a

In this book legal and criminological scholars offer advanced analyses of the exercise of the substantive criminal law competences of the EU.

The EU now possesses a clear legal basis for taking action on criminal law matters and steering the policy and practice of Member States in relation to crime an

EU Criminal Law is perhaps the fastest-growing area of EU law. It is also one of the most contested fields of EU action, covering measures which have a signific

The Oxford Handbook of Criminal Law reflects the continued transformation of criminal law into a global discipline, providing scholars with a comprehensive inte