Court of Justice and European Criminal Law

Professor Valsamis Mitsilegas is Professor of European Criminal Law and Global Security, Queen Mary University of London. Alberto di Martino is Professor of Criminal Law, Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna, Pisa.Leandro Mancano is Lecturer in EU Law, Edinburgh Law School.

[A] timely and thoughtful endeavour that provides an explanation of the rise and consolidation of criminal law as an ordinary part of the EU law landscape.

• PART IPRINCIPLES1. C-80/86 – Kolpinghuis Nijmegen The General Principles of European (Criminal) Law as Limitation to the Enforcement of EU Law: The Kolpinghuis Nijmegen Rule Dr Luisa MarinIndirect Effect of EU Law aft er Kolpinghuis Nijmegen (C-80/86): Consistent Interpretation in Dutch Criminal Courts Jannemieke Ouwerkerk2. C-387/02 – Berlusconi and Others The Berlusconi Judgment: A Cornerstone of European Legality Frank MeyerAllusion, Illusion, Delusion. The Assessment of the Berlusconi Judgment in Italy Alberto di Martino3. C-105/03 – Pupino Impact of the Pupino Decision on EU Law Maria FletcherProtecting Vulnerable Victims and Beyond: The Duty of Consistent Interpretation in Criminal Matters in Italy aft er Pupino Grazia Maria VagliasindiPART IICOMPETENCE4. 68/88 – Commission v Greece Effectiveness, Dissuasiveness, Proportionality of Sanctions and Assimilation Principle: The Long-Lasting Legacyof the Greek Maize Case Fabio GiuffridaThe Greek Maize Case. From Sincere Cooperation to Criminal Law Integration in the EU Rosaria Sicurella5. C-176/03 – Commission of the European Communities v Council of the European Union The ‘Constitutional’ ECJ Ruling on the Enforcement of Community Law (Case C-176/03) and its Impact on EU Law M Kaiafa-GbandiEU Substantive Criminal Competence and the Court of Justice: Reactions to the Case Law Samuli Miettinen6. C-105/14 – Taricco and Others On Legality in Criminal Matters between Primacy of EU Law and National Constitutional Traditions. A Study of the Taricco Saga Silvia AllegrezzaTaricco, Endgame Vittorio ManesPART IIINE BIS IN IDEM7. C-187/01 – Gözütok and Brügge Comment on CJEU, 11 February 2003, Joined Cases C-187/01 and C-385/01 Criminal Proceedings v Hüseyin Gözütok and Klaus Brügge Anne WeyemberghThe Impact of Case C-187/01 [Gözütok/Brügge] at the National Level: Inadvertent LegacyElisavet Symeonidou-Kastanidou and Yannis Naziris8. C-486/14 – Kossowski Judgment (Grand Chamber) C-486/14 Piotr Kossowski, 29 June 2016 Kai AmbosImpact of the Case C-486/14 – Kossowski at National Level Celina Nowak9. C-617/10 – Akerberg Fransson Fishing for Better Rights Protection: The Court of Justice on the Application of the Charter in the Member States and the Reach of ne bis in idem Tobias LockThe Impact of Case C-617/10: Akerberg Fransson at National Level – The Swedish ExampleMaria BergströmPART IVMIGRATION AND CITIZENSHIP10. C-61/11 PPU – El Dridi Criminalisation of Irregular Migration in the EU: The Impact of El Dridi Niovi VavoulaReshaping Criminalisation of Irregular Migration in Italy: The Impact of EU Law Beyond the El Dridi Judgment Alessandra Annoni11. C-304/14 – CS The Intersection of National Criminal Law and EU Citizenship Law: Reflections on the Judgment in CS Niamh Nic ShuibhneLeave at Your Chosen Speed? EU Citizenship and Criminal Convictions: An Insight into the United Kingdom’s Approach Leandro MancanoPART VMUTUAL RECOGNITION AND MUTUAL TRUST12. C-303/05 – Advocaten voor de Wereld Advocaten voor de Wereld: The Salvation of Mutual Trust Henning Fuglsang SorensenThe Contribution of Advocaten voor de Wereld for the Protection of Human Rights in the Context of Supra-State Law and for the Doctrine of Double Criminality Pedro Caeiro13. C-396/11 – RaduJudgment of the Court of Justice of the European Union, 29 January 2013, Radu Rosa RaffaelliThe Implication of Radu at a National Level: National Courts’ Diversified Response to Conflicting ObligationsIrene Wieczorek14. C-399/11 – Melloni Melloni: Primacy versus Rights?Valsamis Mitsilegas and Leandro MancanoBypassing or Intensifying the Dialogue between Courts? The Impact of Melloni at the National Level Lorena Bachmaier Winter15. Joined Cases C-404/15 and C-659/15 PPU – Pál Aranyosi and Robert Caldararu v Generalstaatsanwaltschaft Bremen Resetting the Parameters of Mutual Trust: From Aranyosi to LM Valsamis MitsilegasAranyosi and Caldararu through the Eyes of National Judges Adam LazowskiThe Effect of CJEU Case Law Concerning the Rule of Law and Mutual Trust on National Systems Petra Bárd and Wouter van Ballegooij