Normative Foundations for EU Criminal Justice

Jacob Öberg is Full Professor of European Union Law at the Law Department at the University of Southern Denmark.

• Part I – EU Criminal Justice – Context, Development and Justifications1. Introduction2. The Justifications for EU Intervention in Criminal LawPart II – Rationale for EU Harmonisation of National Criminal Law 3. Mutual Recognition as a Justification for EU Action4. The Cross-Border Criterion as a Justification for EU Action in Domestic Criminal Law and ProcedurePart III – Powers, Limits and Justifications for EU Criminal Justice Agencies5. The Justification for a European Public Prosecutor6. Eurojust – Powers, Limits and Justifications7. The Constitutional and Normative Justification for a European FBI8. Conclusions and Reflections