The implementation of the European Arrest Warrant in the European Union : law, policy and practice / Massimo Fichera.
2011
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Title
The implementation of the European Arrest Warrant in the European Union : law, policy and practice / Massimo Fichera.
Published
Cambridge, [England] ; Portland, Or. : Intersentia, [2011]
Copyright
©2011
Call Number
KJE9570 .F53 2011
ISBN
9789400001725 (pbk.)
940000172X (pbk.)
940000172X (pbk.)
Description
xiii, 253 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
System Control No.
(OCoLC)701796442
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 227-253).
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Implementation of the European Arrest Warrant in the EU
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Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
v
Abbreviations
xi
About the author
xiii
Introduction
1
ch. 1
Cooperation in Criminal Matters in Europe
5
Introduction
5
1.1.
Forms of cooperation in criminal matters in Europe
5
1.2.
The European extradition model
11
1.3.
The evolution of European cooperation in criminal matters until the Maastricht Treaty
23
1.4.
Freedom, security and justice: the new agenda
28
1.5.
First preliminary conclusions
37
ch. 2
The Principle of Mutual Recognition in Criminal Matters: Evolution and Main Features
41
Introduction
41
2.1.
The current mutual recognition agenda
41
2.2.
Mutual recognition v. harmonisation
48
2.3.
The Treaty of Lisbon
52
2.4.
Mutual recognition: rationale and context
59
2.5.
Conclusion
64
ch. 3
Emergence and Nature of the European Arrest Warrant
67
Introduction
67
3.1.
The trend towards simplified forms of extradition
67
3.2.
The birth of the European Arrest Warrant: background and ratio
70
3.3.
General features of the European Arrest Warrant. A new creature or a hybrid?
77
3.3.1.
General principles
79
3.3.2.
Procedure
84
3.3.2.1.
Issuing of the EAW
85
3.3.2.2.
Transmission of the EAW
85
3.3.2.3.
Decision to execute
87
3.3.2.4.
Decision to surrender
87
3.4.
Conclusion
90
ch. 4
Defining Crimes in the European Union: A Sisyphean task? Double Criminality and Related Issues
93
Introduction
93
4.1.
Crimes for which double criminality is lifted: all problems solved?
93
4.1.1.
Crimes not subject to harmonisation
97
4.1.1.1.
Murder and rape
98
4.1.1.2.
Some special cases
107
4.1.2.
Crimes subject to harmonisation
109
4.1.2.1.
Terrorism, organised crime, drug trafficking, money laundering, trafficking in human beings, facilitation of unauthorised entry and residence
109
4.1.2.2.
Corruption, fraud, euro counterfeiting, computer-related crime, sexual exploitation of children and child pornography, environmental crime
116
4.2.
General assessment of the partial abolition of double criminality
118
4.3.
Ne bis in idem and mutual trust
122
4.4.
Conclusion
125
ch. 5
The Implementation of the European Arrest Warrant in the EU Member States: General Overview and Two Case Studies
127
Introduction
127
5.1.
The removal of the nationality exception and the reaction of the national Constitutional Courts
128
5.2.
The implementing legislation in the UK and Italy: divergence and convergence
135
5.2.1.
Introduction
135
5.2.2.
The Italian system
136
5.2.2.1.
The transposition of the Framework Decision in the Italian system
136
5.2.2.2.
The EAW in Italy: the main features
141
5.2.3.
The UK system
148
5.2.3.1.
The transposition of the Framework Decision in the UK system
149
5.2.3.2.
The EAW in the UK: the main features
150
5.3.
Practice at national level
157
5.3.1.
Italy
157
5.3.2.
United Kingdom
162
5.4.
The general attitude of Member States towards the Framework Decision
168
ch. 6
The European Arrest Warrant and Freedom, Security and Justice
175
Introduction
175
6.1.
Security vs. freedom: the protection of human rights in the Framework Decision
176
6.2.
Security vs. freedom: Europol and Eurojust
189
6.3.
The role of the European Court of Justice in the balance of principles
192
6.4.
The notions of freedom, security and justice
198
6.4.1.
The relativity of freedom, security and justice: criminal law without a State?
198
6.4.2.
European criminal law and community
201
6.4.3.
From reciprocity to mutuality
203
6.4.4.
Mutual trust
207
6.5.
Conclusion
211
ch. 7
Conclusion
215
Appendix. Grounds for non-execution provided for in the implementing statutes of the United Kingdom and Italy
223
Bibliography
227