Asp, Petter --- "European criminal law and national criminal law" [2016] ELECD 502; in Mitsilegas, Valsamis; Bergström, Maria; Konstadinides, Theodore (eds), "Research Handbook on EU Criminal Law" (Edward Elgar Publishing, 2016) 315

Book Title: Research Handbook on EU Criminal Law

Editor(s): Mitsilegas, Valsamis; Bergström, Maria; Konstadinides, Theodore

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing

ISBN (hard cover): 9781783473304

Section: Chapter 15

Section Title: European criminal law and national criminal law

Author(s): Asp, Petter

Number of pages: 18

Abstract/Description:

This chapter focuses on the relationship between European Union law and national criminal law. Thus, it provides an account of the main ways in which national criminal law is affected by European Union law. It deals with: (i) the positive obligations stemming from EU law; (ii) the negative obligations stemming from EU law and; (iii) the ways in which the norms of EU law and national law are integrated with each other.