The victory for the ‘Brexit’ vote in the referendum last June has sent shockwaves around Europe. The initial shock has given way for some to the realisation of the legal and constitutional complexity of untangling the UK’s relationship with the EU and re-engineering this relationship for a post-Brexit era, an era when the UK will be a third country for the EU. The legal challenges underpinning the reconfiguration of the UK’s relationship with the EU are manifold, and, in many areas of EU law, they are interwoven with a series of practical and operational challenges. One of these areas is European criminal law, where post-Brexit complexity is compounded by ongoing constitutional complexity underpinning the UK’s participation in the EU acquis while remaining an EU member state. Taking into account these complexities, this article will attempt to assess the future of European criminal law after Brexit. In order to do so, the article will focus on four main questions: what are the current constitutional complexities in the UK’s participation in European criminal law (Sections I–III)? What will be the impact of Brexit on domestic criminal law and security in the UK (Section IV)? What are the possible legal avenues for EU-UK post-Brexit co-operation in the field of criminal law (Section V)? And what, if any, will be the impact of Brexit on the shaping and development of European criminal law in the future (Section VI)? By way of conclusion (Section VII), the article will attempt to synthesise the threads and common themes arising from the preceding sections, by emphasising the continuum of legal complexity from pre-to post-Brexit developments and casting light on the paradox of the UK’s position after Brexit: if the UK wishes to continue participating in EU criminal law instruments and mechanisms, or to develop equivalent mechanisms of co-operation, the UK will have to comply with more EU instruments as a non-EU country compared to those it is bound by under its current status as an EU member state – ironically, ongoing links with the EU post-Brexit will spell the end of the UK’s current ‘pick-and-choose’ approach to European integration in criminal matters.

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英国脱欧后的欧洲刑法

去年 6 月公投中“英国退欧”投票的胜利在欧洲引起了震动。最初的震惊让一些人意识到，解开英国与欧盟的关系并为后英国退欧时代重新设计这种关系的法律和宪法的复杂性，英国将成为第三国的时代。欧洲联盟。支持英国与欧盟关系重构的法律挑战是多方面的，在欧盟法律的许多领域，它们与一系列实际和操作挑战交织在一起。其中一个领域是欧洲刑法，英国退欧后的复杂性因宪法的持续复杂性而变得更加复杂，这种复杂性支撑着英国在保持欧盟成员国身份的同时参与欧盟收购案。考虑到这些复杂性，本文将尝试评估英国脱欧后欧洲刑法的未来。为此，本文将关注四个主要问题：英国参与欧洲刑法（第一至第三部分）的当前宪法复杂性是什么？英国脱欧对英国国内刑法和安全有何影响（第四部分）？英国脱欧后欧盟与英国在刑法领域（第 V 部分）合作的可能法律途径是什么？如果有的话，英国脱欧对未来欧洲刑法的形成和发展会产生什么影响（第六部分）？作为结论（第 VII 节），本文将尝试综合前面各节中出现的线索和共同主题，