Written by some of the foremost authors working in the field of EU criminal law
Provides an analysis of the most recent developments
Gives an insight into the far-reaching consequences of the subject under discussion

Autorentext
Dr. Willem Geelhoed is Assistant professor in criminal law and criminal procedure at the University of Groningen, The Netherlands, and Drs. Leendert H. Erkelens and Prof. Mr. Arjen W.H. Meij are both Visiting Research Fellow at the T.M.C. Asser Instituut in The Hague in The Netherlands, while the latter is also Honorary Professor at the University of Luxembourg.

Zusammenfassung

This book provides answers to the following questions. Is there a bright future aheadfor a European Public Prosecutor's Office? If so, is the regulation establishing the officesufficiently clear and balanced to attain that goal? Moreover, will the office be able toeffectively fight fraud now damaging the EU's budget and will it respect the fundamentalrights of the parties involved?
Included are issues ranging from EU substantive and procedural criminal law, combattingEU fraud, the distribution of competences in European law enforcement,EU fundamental rights, to forum choice. The book's aim is to inform academics,policy-makers and criminal law practitioners about key issues surrounding theattribution of prosecutorial powers to an entirely remodelled European Union body. Indoing so, it sheds light on this body, as fundamentally changed bythe Council, whichwill undoubtedly have a greater impact on the European criminal justice system thanthe European Arrest Warrant ever did.
Dr. Willem Geelhoed is Assistant Professor in criminal law and criminal procedureat the University of Groningen, The Netherlands, and Drs. Leendert H. Erkelensand Prof. Mr. Arjen W.H. Meij are both Visiting Research Fellow at the T.M.C. AsserInstituut in The Hague in The Netherlands, while the latter is also Honorary Professorat the University of Luxembourg.

Inhalt
Chapter 1. Introduction.- Part I. General Perspectives on the EPPO: From the Outside and the Inside.- Chapter 2. Public Prosecutor's Office (EPPO): Introductory Remarks.- Chapter 3. EPPO Developments under the Presidency of The Netherlands.- Chapter 4. European Public Prosecutor's Office - A View on the State of Play and Perspectives from the European Parliament.- Part II. Scholarly Perspective on the EPPO: Constitutional, Regulatory and Institutional Issues.- Chapter 5. The Establishment of a European Public Prosecutor's Office: Between Better Regulation and Subsidiarity Concerns.- Chapter 6. The European Public Prosecutor's Office and Human Rights.- Chapter 7. A Blunt Weapon for the EPPO? The Long Story of the (Progressively Stifled) Directive on the Protection of the Union's Financial Interests By Means of Criminal Law.- Chapter 8. Ancillary Crimes and N e Bis in Idem.- Chapter 9. ** Towards an Inconsistent European Regime of Cross-Border Evidence: EPPO Investigationsand the European Investigation Order.- Chapter 10. Forum Choice and Judicial Review Under the EPPO's Legislative Framework.- Chapter 11. Relations Between the EPPO and Eurojust Still a Privileged Partnership?.- Part III. Summa Summarum: Assessing EPPO's R aison d'tre in the Light of the Debates.- Annex 1. EPPO's Raison d'tre : The Challenge of the Insertion of an EU Body in Procedures Mainly Governed by National Law.- Annex 2. The European Public Prosecutor's Office: A Chronicle of a Failure Foreseen. Appendix.