Offenders rehabilitation in the European Union
Pubblicato: Mercoledì 4 ottobre 2017
The project focuses on the EU's increasing role on criminal penalties and on its implications for the national legal orders and the rights of the individuals involved. States have traditionally reserved the exercise of jus puniendi within their own sovereign jurisdictions. However, the recent evolutions of EU law prospect a shift of paradigm from purely national discourse to an ever expanding European legislation. Clarifications are needed as to what extent further EU competences could contribute to explain the scope, width and rationale of the European Union's influence on criminal penalties. A specific attention is devoted to offenders' rehabilitation, one of the traditional key objectives of criminal penalties.
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