The Governance of Criminal Justice in the European Union

Download or read book The Governance of Criminal Justice in the European Union written by Ricardo Pereira and published by Edward Elgar Publishing. This book was released on 2020-12-25 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This timely book provides an astute assessment of the institutional and constitutional boundaries, interactions and tensions between the different levels of governance in EU criminal justice. Probing the conceptual and theoretical underpinnings of the EU’s approach to transnational crime, it proposes improved mechanisms for public participation in the governance of EU criminal law, designed to ensure better transparency, accountability and democratic controls.