Mutual Recognition in European Judicial Cooperation: A Step Too Far Too Soon? Case Study-the European Arrest Warrant

• Published in: European law journal : review of European law in context Vol. 10; no. 2; pp. 200 - 217
• Main Author: Leaf, Susie Alegre and Marisa
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford, UK Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.03.2004; Wiley
• Subjects: Arrest warrants; Civil rights; Community law; Cooperation; Criminal Justice; Criminal Law; Criminal procedure; Europe; European Union; Extradition; International Cooperation; International jurisdiction; International Law; Judiciary; Law; Law enforcement; Legal Procedure; Obedience (Law); Policing; Prevention; Rights; Torture; Warrants (Law); EUROPEAN UNION; Europe

The European arrest warrant (EAW) is the first and most striking example of the extensive judicial cooperation in criminal matters that is beginning to take place in the European Union. Replacing traditional extradition between EU member states, including the ten accession countries after May 2004,...