EU Criminal Justice

Part I Rights and Guarantees of Suspects and Defendants in criminal proceedings: The EU directives and Their impact on National Laws: Fair Trial Rights in the European Union: Reconciling Accused and Victims' Rights.- The Implementation of the Directive on Linguistic Assistance in Italy, Between Changes to the Code of Criminal Procedure and Case-law Resistance.- Awareness of One's Own Rights and Knowledge of the Accusation: The Implementation of the Directive on the Right to Information in Italy .- The Right of Access to a Lawyer in the European Union: Directive 2013/48/EU and Its Implementation in Spain.- "Minimum" Procedural Rights in Judicial Cooperation Procedures.- Part II Transnational Criminal Investigations and Proceedings: Instruments of Judicial Cooperation in Criminal Matters: The European Investigation Order for Evidence Gathering Abroad.- Freezing Evidence and Property: Already in Force Mutual Recognition among EU Member States.- Conflicts of Jurisdiction in Criminal Proceedings in Europe: Between Bis In Idem and Lis Pendens.- Joint Investigation Teams in the Italian Legislation implementing Framework Decision 2002/465/JHA.- Judicial Cooperation System in the Fight against Transnational Organised Crime.- Part III The establishment of the European Public Prosecutor's Office: Steps Forward versus National Resistances: Brief Notes on the European Public Prosecutor's Office: Ideas, Project and Fulfilment.- The European Public Prosecutor - Controversy Expressed in Structural Form.- Eurojust and the European Public Prosecutor's Office. Introduction to a Historic Reform.- Judicial Control of the European Public Prosecutor's Office.- Defence Areas and Limits in the Investigations of the European Public Prosecutor.

Rosanna Belfiore, Lecturer of Criminal Procedure, University of CataniaTommaso Rafaraci, Professor of Criminal Procedure, University of Catania