Prawne i instytucjonalne ramy polityki karnej UE
Legal and institutional framework for criminal justice policy the EU

Summary/Abstract: Globalization forces the gradual unification or harmonization of rules of substantive and procedural law. One of the areas covered by that process is the European Union.One of the most recent is the penal policy, which origins should be found on the EU foundations - in the Treaty of Maastricht.The next steps in the development of it can be found in the Treaty of Amsterdam. A characteristic feature of European criminal policy is that it concentrates on the defense of the fundamental interests of the European Union - its security, in particular the principles of the free market and the financial system. Thus, only a few rules are substantive legal regulations. Most of these are rules of procedural law, by which it is possible to create a common judicial policy, sharing information system, coordination of police and law enforcement agencies. Except for EU, huge contribution to the development of a European legal policy has also the Council of Europe with its many conventions. European penal policy based on the achievements of earlier eras, beginning from Roman law. It should be underlined that this policy is based on the complementarity and coherence of principles developed in the individual Member States, as well as the values of humanism.

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