Criminal and Quasi-criminal Enforcement Mechanisms in Europe

Vanessa Franssen is Professor at the University of Liège, Belgium.Christopher Harding is Professor of Law in the Department of Law and Criminology at Aberystwyth University, UK.

• Introduction: Criminal versus Quasi-criminal Enforcement – Setting the Scene Vanessa Franssen, University of Liège, Belgium and Christopher Harding, Aberystwyth University, UKPART ITHE ORIGINS OF QUASI-CRIMINAL ENFORCEMENT MECHANISMS: A COMPARATIVE JOURNEY THROUGH EUROPE1. The Origin and Development of Quasi-criminal Enforcement Mechanisms in Europe: Nordic Perspective Raimo Lahti, University of Helsinki, Finland2. Swiss Peculiarities of the Enforcement Mechanisms in Core, Secondary and Administrative Criminal Law Nadine Zurkinden, University of Zürich, Switzerland3. Quasi-criminal Enforcement Mechanisms in Germany: Past and Present Dominik Brodowski, Saarland University, Germany4. Quasi-criminal Sanctions in Central Europe – Their Origins and Evolution Anna Blachnio-Parzych, Kozminski University, Poland5. The Interplay between Criminal and Quasi-criminal Enforcement Mechanisms in the UK Context Explored through the Prism of ‘Market Abuse’: Current Approaches and Historical Perspectives Sarah Wilson, University of York, UK and Gary Wilson, Nottingham Trent University, UKPART IICRIMINAL, CIVIL, ADMINISTRATIVE … WHAT’S IN A NAME? DISENTANGLING CONCEPTS, SELECTED TOPICSA. General Part of Criminal Law 6. Quasi-criminal Enforcement in Criminal Law and Penal Theory: What Would Herbert Packer Say? Christopher Harding, Aberystwyth University, UK7. Four Dimensions of Nulla Poena Sine Culpa: The Principle of Individual Culpability in Contexts of Criminal and Quasi-criminal Law Enforcement in Europe Ferry de Jong, Utrecht University, Netherlands8. Non-conviction Based Confiscation: Moving the Confiscation of Criminal Proceeds from the Criminal to the ‘Civil’ Sphere: Benefits, Issues and Two Procedural Aspects Johan Boucht, University of, NorwayB. Special Part of Criminal Law9. ‘Crimmigration’ and Human Rights: Immigration Detention at the European Court of Human Rights Maria Pichou, Leiden University College, Netherlands10. Cartel Offences: Quasi-criminal Enforcement for Criminal Behaviour? Sophie De Sanctis, University of Luxembourg11. Protection of Procedural Rights in Administrative and Criminal Proceedings: The Case of the Privilege against Self-incrimination in Belgian Customs Law Ana Laura Claes, University of Liège, Belgium and Marie Horseele, KU Leuven, BelgiumPART IIITOWARD A MORE COHERENT TERMINOLOGICAL FRAMEWORK IN EUROPE12. Two Forms of Smudge: An ECtHR Perspective on the Blurring of Boundaries between Criminal and Administrative Law Katja Šugman Stubbs, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia13. The EU Legislature’s Balancing Exercise between Practical Concerns and Conceptual Divisions Tamás Lukácsi, European Parliament14. Criminal and Quasi-criminal Enforcement Mechanisms: Proposal for a More Coherent European Approach Christopher Harding, Aberystwyth University, UK and Vanessa Franssen, University of Liège, Belgium

An excellent volume … The book will be of use not only for academics researching the field but also for LLM courses on EU criminal law, as well as for practitioners working in the area.