Thomas Elholm - Böcker

The contributions presented in this volume are the result of research activities and interdisciplinary encounters organised by the Nordic Network of Law and Literature. They focus on current discussions on justice in a Nordic and European context. By expanding the focus to justice and humanities – beyond "law and literature" – the authors intend to not only cover law and literature in a traditional (narrow) sense, but to embrace different perspectives closely linked to the research and debate about law and literature, e.g., in cultural studies. The volume specifically deals with four main themes, each of which is described and analysed from different angles, by a scholar with a background in the humanities and a scholar with a legal background (or lawyer), respectively: Law and Humanities – the Road Ahead; History, Memory and Human Rights; Forgiveness and Law; Justice, Culture and Copyright.

The European Criminal Policy Initiative (ECPI) proudly presents this volume, which contains "A Manifesto on European Criminal Procedure Law" in five different language versions (English, German, Spanish, Italian and Romanian) as well as short explanatory articles written by members of the ECPI. The manifesto focuses on the cooperation in criminal proceedings within the EU. In the manifesto the ECPI - which was founded in 2008 and is composed of 16 criminal law scholars from ten EU member states - presents a set of principles that should guide and be observed by different EU bodies when legislating in the field of criminal procedure law. The present manifesto follows the "Manifesto on European Criminal Policy" of 2009, which focused on similar guidelines for the European legislature as regards substantive criminal law.