Asistenta judiciara în materie penala între Uniunea Europeana si Japonia. Observatii critice
Mutual Legal Assistance in Criminal Matters between the European Union and Japan. Some critical remarks

Summary/Abstract: In the given study, the author analyses the provisions of the Agreement between the European Union member states and Japan on mutual legal assistance in criminal matters. Critical remarks are made, in order to modify, adjust and amend some of the aforementioned provisions. The paper is a follow up of the author’s research activities in the field of judicial cooperation in criminal matters in and outside the European Union. The major research methods used in order to fulfil the objectives of this study were the close examination of the provisions of the agreement, followed by a solid critique of the some of these provisions, which were regarded by the author as incomplete or somehow problematic in practice. The conclusions of the critique regarding the current provisions are used both as an argument in order to amend the agreement and to adopt a new act on the institution of recognition and enforcement of judgments and other judicial decisions between each Member State and Japan In the author’s view, the paper was intended to be useful to scholars and students of faculties of law and, especially, judicial bodies with concrete tasks in this field.

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