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  • Istituto DIRPOLIS
  • Seminario

Rethinking the Normative Foundations of EU Criminal Law

Jacob_Öberg
Date 23.10.2025 time
Address

Italy

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On October 23, 2025 (from 12:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m.), the online seminar “Rethinking the Normative Foundations of EU Criminal Law” will be held as part of the Doctoral Seminar Series Power, Violence and the Law.

LINK: https://santannapisa.webex.com/santannapisa/j.php?MTID=mee3165f219a2e9b6b54113f5197395c0

Speaker: Jacob Öberg ( Full Professor of EU Law, University of Southern Denmark ) 

Discussant: Alessandro Rosanò ( Assistant Professor of EU Law, Università di Parma)

AbstractEU policy-making in criminal law is a matter of significant public concern for EU citizens and the Member States. The exercise of EU public powers in the fields of criminal law and law enforcement have tangible and adverse consequences for the liberties and well-being of individuals. Furthermore, EU cooperation in the area of criminal law touches upon core functions of statehood including ‘core state powers’ such as the safeguarding of internal security and law enforcement. This raises several questions regarding the rationale underpinning EU criminal policy and its legitimacy within the context of a multi-level polity. This lecture sketches out a normative argument for legitimate justifications for some particular areas of EU criminal law on the basis of the transnational criterion enshrined in the subsidiarity principle. It argues that there is a compelling justification for EU action in criminal law to protect European public goods and other key transnational interests.

 

The relevant material for this seminar can be found herehttps://www.bloomsburycollections.com/monograph?docid=b-9781509962365