European Criminal Policy

Timetable

Thursday morning

Module aim (aims)

General idea of criminal law policy in Europe and its factors, with particular focus on the Council of Europe and European Union

Pre-requisites in terms of knowledge, skills and social competences (where relevant)

Level of English that enables to communicate and read legal texts.

Syllabus

Part 1: Basic concepts (weeks 1-2)

Part 2: Do the patterns for „good” criminal policy exist? (weeks 3-4)

Part 3: Council of Europe & criminal policy (weeks 5-6)

Part 4: European Union & criminal law (weeks 7-13)

4.1 The evolution of criminal policy in the European Union (weeks 7-8)

4.2 Cooperation in criminal matters in the European Union – legal basis (weeks 9-10)

4.3 EU Foreign and Security policy (week 11)

4.4 Offenders & their rights in the EU (week 12)

4.5. Victims & their rights in the EU (week 13)

5. Challenges to European criminal policy (weeks 14-15)

Reading list

Relevant texts are to be found in dedicated group in MS Teams.