This important volume provides an up-to-date overview of the main questions currently discussed in the field of EU criminal law. It makes a stimulating addition to literature in the field, while offering its own distinctive features. It takes a four-part approach: firstly, it addresses issues of a constitutional nature, such as the EU competence in the field of criminal law, the importance of the principle of subsidiarity and the role played by the different EU institutions. Secondly, it looks at issues linked to the quest of the right balance between diversity and unity, and focuses in particular on the special relationship between approximation and mutual recognition. Thirdly, it focuses on the balance between security and freedom, or, in other words, between the shield and sword functions of EU criminal law. Special attention is given here to transatlantic cooperation, data protection, terrorism, the European Arrest Warrant and the European Investigation Order. Finally, it examines the importance of balanced relations between criminal justice actors.

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欧盟刑法中的必要平衡。过去、现在和未来，C. Brière 和 A. Weyembergh 编辑

这本重要的卷提供了当前在欧盟刑法领域讨论的主要问题的最新概述。它为该领域的文学增添了刺激性，同时提供了自己独特的特点。它采用四部分方法：首先，它解决了宪法性质的问题，例如欧盟在刑法领域的权限、辅助原则的重要性以及不同欧盟机构所发挥的作用。其次，它着眼于与寻求多样性和统一之间的适当平衡相关的问题，并特别关注近似与相互承认之间的特殊关系。第三，它侧重于安全与自由之间的平衡，换言之，欧盟刑法的盾与剑功能之间的平衡。这里特别关注跨大西洋合作、数据保护、恐怖主义、欧洲逮捕令和欧洲调查令。最后，它考察了刑事司法行为者之间平衡关系的重要性。