This volume deals with the future of European criminal law under the Lisbon Treaty. The contributions assess the risks and prospects of the progressing European

Introduction -- The constitutionalisation of EU criminal law after Lisbon -- Defining EU competence in substantive criminal law : from securitised to functional

Since their creation, the European Union and the Council of Europe have worked to harmonise the justice systems of their member states. This project has been me

Criminal law can no longer be neatly categorised as the product and responsibility of domestic law. That this is true is emphasised by the ever-increasing amoun