The European Union Criminal Law
GENERAL INFORMATION ABOUT THE COURSE | |
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Course title | The European Union Criminal Law |
Chair of Criminal Law Sciences | |
Number of ECTS credits | 6 |
Lecturer | izv.prof.dr.sc. Ante Novokmet |
Office Address | Radićeva 13 57 |
Telephone | +385 31 224 557 |
ante.novokmet@pravos.hr | |
Lecturer | prof.dr.sc. Tunjica Petrašević |
Office Address | Radićeva 13 Kabinet br. 46 |
Telephone | +385 31 224 535 |
tunjica.petrasevic@pravos.hr | |
Lecturer | izv.prof.dr.sc. Igor Vuletić |
Office Address | Radićeva 13 Radićeva 17, prizemlje |
Telephone | +385 31 224 500 |
igor.vuletic@pravos.hr |
COURSE DESCRIPTION |
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Course content |
The subject European Union Criminal Law introduces students to the concept, terms and basic features of development of EU criminal law and its position within the EU legal system.EU powers in the field of criminal law after the entry into force of the Lisbon Treaties are being considered mechanisms of the impact of EU criminal law on the legal systems of individual Member States and emphasis is placed on the significance of the direct effect and advantage of EU law over national criminal law. Special emphasis was also placed on criminal law cooperation in the EU by considering the principle of mutual recognition and certain forms of criminal cooperation such as the European Arrest Warrant, the European Investigation Warrant and Joint investigation teams. The bodies of criminal law cooperation in the European Union are analyzed and considered; European Public Prosecutor, Eurojust, Europol, OLAF and the European Judicial Network. The content of the course includes the processing of the following specific topics: 1. Roots, institutional system and legal framework of criminal law cooperation in the EU 2. Changes to the institutional framework of "European Judicial Cooperation" introduced by the Treaty of Lisbon 3. Mutual recognition between Member States in criminal matters 4. Institutions and mechanisms for police and judicial cooperation (role of Eurojust, Europol, European Public Prosecutor 5. Protection of the EU's financial interests 6. The role of the Court of Justice in the field of EU criminal law |
Course learning outcomes |
After completing the course the student will be able to: 1. Define basic terms and concepts of EU criminal law, Explain the historical development of criminal law cooperation in the EU, Describe the mechanisms of the impact of EU law on national criminal justice systems, Compare the importance of the principle of direct effect and the principle of priority of the application of EU law in relation to the domestic criminal justice system, Evaluate the success of the reform of the Croatian criminal justice system when transposing individual EU directives, Evaluate the success of existing models of judicial cooperation in criminal matters, |
TEACHING METHODS | |
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☑ Lectures ☐ Seminars and workshops ☐ Exercises ☑ Independent tasks ☐ Multimedia and internet | ☐ Distance education ☐ Office hours ☐ Laboratory ☐ Field work ☐ Mentoring work ☐ Knowledge test |
EXAMINATION PROCEDURE | |
☑ Oral exam ☑ Written exam ☑ Colloquium |
Other: |
ADDITIONAL FACTS |
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Students are required to actively participate in a minimum of 55% of classes |
LIST OF LITERATURE FOR STUDIES AND EXAMS |
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Required reading |
Zlata Đurđević. Lisabonski ugovor: prekretnica u razvoju kaznenog prava u Europi. 2008. Hrvatski ljetopis za kazneno pravo i praksu (Zagreb), vol. 15, broj 2/2008 |
Boris Ljubanović, Tunjica Petrašević, Paula Porreti Igor Vuletić, Mirela Župan. Procesno-pravni aspekti prava EU. 2015. Pravni fakultet u Osijeku |
Zlata Đurđević. Mehanizmi utjecaja prava Europske zajednice na kaznenopravne sustave država članica. 2004. Pravni fakultet Sveučilišta u Zagrebu |
. Materijali s predavanja. 2021. Katedre za ustavno i europsko pravo i Katedre kazneno-pravnih znanosti |
Optional reading |
Iris Goldner Lang. Europsko pravo kao okvir pravosudne suradnje u kaznenim stvarima. 2014. Hrvatski ljetopis za kazneno pravo i praksu (Zagreb), vol. 21, broj 2/2014 |
Barbara Herceg Pakšić, Igor Vuletić. The Lisbon Treaty as the first step towards the European Criminal Cour. 2011. The role of national criminal law in the European Union area and the alternative resolution of criminal, Section of Criminal Law, Bratislava, Comenius University in Bratislava, Faculty of Law |
Tunjica Petrašević. Prethodni postupak pred Sudom EU. 2014. Gradska tiskara d.d |
Ante Novokmet. The European public prosecutor’s office and the judicial review of criminal prosecution. 2017. New Journal of European Criminal Law, vol. 8, no. 3, 2017 |
Zoran Burić. Načelo ne bis in idem u europskom kaznenom pravu - Pravni izvori i sudska praksa Europskog suda. 2010. Zbornik Pravnog fakulteta Sveučilišta u Zagrebu, vol. 60, br. 3 |