European judicial cooperation in criminal matters

  1. Mar Jimeno Bulnes 1
  1. 1 Universidad de Burgos
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    Universidad de Burgos

    Burgos, España

    ROR https://ror.org/049da5t36

Revista:
European Law Journal

ISSN: 1468-0386

Año de publicación: 2003

Volumen: 9

Número: 5

Páginas: 614-630

Tipo: Artículo

DOI: 10.1046/J.1468-0386.2003.00195.X DIALNET GOOGLE SCHOLAR

Otras publicaciones en: European Law Journal

Resumen

European judicial cooperation in criminal matters has its origins under Title VI as part of the Third Pillar (JHA) of the Treaty on European Union, signed on 7 February 1992 in Maastricht. Nevertheless, there have been important amendments to this Treaty and to the contents of the Justice and Home Affairs policy through the Treaty of Amsterdam and the Treaty of Nice (the latter in force since last February), such as, for example, the introduction of the European Prosecutors Cooperation Unit (‘Eurojust’). This brief study is concerned with these innovations as well as some legal instruments in the field of criminal judicial cooperation, in particular extradition, mutual recognition of judicial decisions, mutual assistance in criminal matters and the European arrest warrant which are considered as the most relevant.