Over recent years most of the criminal justice systems in Europe have witnessed a tendency to enhance the role of pre-trial inquiries. Different kinds of pre-trial measures have had a heavy impact on the fundamental rights of individuals involved in criminal procedures. The book contains a comparative study of four European countries on pre-trial precautionary measures limiting personal liberty. This comparison is part of two general frameworks concerning the ECt HR case-law and the EU legislation in the field of the right to liberty and security. In its two level approach, the book provides a critical guide for understanding the most significant changes which occurred in the area of liberty and security in the pre-trial phases of criminal proceedings as well as the protection systems developed in Europe both at national and supranational level to face the new challenges of the modern criminal investigation.
A propos de l’auteur
Prof. Dr. Prof. h.c. Arndt Sinn ist Gründer und Direktor des Zentrums für Europäische und Internationale Strafrechtsstudien und lehrt Deutsches und Europäisches Straf- und Strafprozessrecht, Internationales Strafrecht sowie Strafrechtsvergleichung an der Universität Osnabrück. Er ist Verfasser zahlreicher Aufsätze und Bücher zur Organisierten Kriminalität sowie Mitglied im wissenschaftlichen Beirat zum SOCTA Bericht Europols.