The EU's area of freedom, security and justice is no longer new, but the measures which are now being adopted in the fields of judicial cooperation in criminal matters, police cooperation and counter terrorism are truly radical and will have a deep impact on the citizens of the Union. Some developments, like the European Arrest Warrant have already elicited substantial suspicion from some supreme courts in the Member States. Other measures, such as those in counter terrorism, defy EU constitutional gravity remaining suspended between the Second and Third Pillars. This book is designed to examine three key fields: police cooperation, judicial cooperation in criminal matters and counterterrorism. Targeted at the graduate level student who is studying law, political science, international relations, criminology, geography, history or sociology with an EU dimension. Provides a key resource for reading lists on courses on the EU in all these fields as it comfortably straddles the different disciplines while providing an important analysis of the EU's criminal law and policing. Contents: Introduction: the search for EU criminal law where is it headed?, Elspeth Guild and Florian Geyer. Actors: Security, freedom and accountability: Europol and Frontex, Sonja Puntscher Riekmann; Eurojust a cornerstone of the federal criminal justice system in the EU?, Jiriacute; Vlastniacute;k; The 3rd pillar and the Court of Justice a 'praetorian communitarisation' of police and judicial cooperation criminal matters?, Eulalia Sanfrutos Cano; EU member states' complicity in extraordinary renditions, Judit Toacute;th.

Concepts and Instruments: EU police cooperation: national sovereignty framed by European security?, Didier Bigo; Too different to trust? First experiences with the application of the European arrest warrant, Julia Sievers; Reflexive governance and the EU 3rd pillar: analysis of data protection and criminal law aspects, Gloria Gonzaacute;lez Fuster and Pieter Paepe. Law and Policy: The competence question: the European Community and criminal law, Valsamis Mitsilegas; The proposal for a council framework decision on certain procedural rights in criminal proceedings throughout the European Union, Mar Jimeno-Bulnes; The 'Pruuml;m Process': the way forward for EU police cooperation and data exchange?, Rocco Bellanova. Practice Achievements and Obstacles: Policing a European border region: the case of the Meuse-Rhine Euroregion, Toine Spapens; Uniforms without uniformity: a critical look at European standards in policing, Peter Hobbing; Third pillar developments from a practitioner's perspective, Richard Lang; The EU counter-terrorism strategy and human rights in Central Asia: do as I say not as I do?, Susie Alegre. A Possible Future: The Reform Treaty and justice and home affairs: implications for the common area of freedom, security and justice, Sergio Carrera and Florian Geyer; Bibliography; Index. About the Author: Elspeth Guild is based at the Centre for European Policy Studies, Brussels, Belgium and is a Professor of European Migration Law at Radboud University, Nijmegen, The Netherlands. Florian Geyer is based at the Centre for European Policy Studies, Brussels, Belgium.