This book presents a rich, detailed, comprehensive, yet at the same time coherent and manageable analysis. The book is characterized by a lucid and analytical writing style, and has many valuable references to the academic literature. Its critical engagement with the literature make it useful not only for established scholars in the field, but also for (graduate) students looking for inspiration for research projects. It is a highly valuable contribution to the study of European criminal law. Judit Altena Common Market Law Review
1. Introduction2. The Constitutionalisation of EU Criminal Law After Lisbon3. Defining EU Competence in Substantive Criminal Law: From Securitised to Functional Criminalisation4. The Rocky Road to European Prosecution: Caught Between Co-ordination and Centralisation5. Mutual Recognition and Mutual Trust in Europe's Area of Criminal Justice: The Centrality of Fundamental Rights6. Legislating for Human Rights: The EU Legal Framework on the Rights of Individuals in Criminal Proceedings7. The Place of the Victim in Europe's Area of Criminal Justice8. The Uneasy Relationship Between EU Criminal Law and Citizenship of the Union9. The European Union and Preventive Justice. The Case of Terrorist Sanctions10. Conclusion. Placing the Individual at the Heart of European Criminal Justice
Valsamis Mitsilegas is Professor of European and Global Law and Dean of the School of Law and Social Justice, University of Liverpool, United Kingdom.