Home >
Law >
Criminal Law >
The Boundaries of Criminalisation: Rethinking Public Goods and Legal Interests in Domestic and Transnational Criminal Law

New Arrival The Boundaries of Criminalisation: Rethinking Public Goods and Legal Interests in Domestic and Transnational Criminal Law

The Boundaries of Criminalisation: Rethinking Public Goods and Legal Interests in Domestic and Transnational Criminal Law

Author: Jannemieke Ouwerkerk et al.
Publisher: Brill Nijhoff
ISBN: 9789004737365
Published In: February 2026
Format: Hardback
Jurisdiction: Netherlands ? Disclaimer:
Countri(es) stated herein are used as reference only

S$280.90

Download Order Form

Add to Wishlist
| Add to Compare

Description
Contents

Details

This book challenges how we think about the foundations and boundaries of criminalisation by reimagining the concepts of public goods and legal interests—both nationally and transnationally. Can we identify common public goods and legal interests across borders that warrant protection through criminal law, or are they shaped by diverse national values and principles? To answer this, the book examines how these concepts justify, explain, and constrain the criminalisation of conduct across different legal systems. It blends rigorous academic analysis with practical recommendations to help further shape our ideas on criminalisation and the future of criminal law, making it a must-read for scholars, practitioners, and anyone invested in the future of criminal justice across Europe and beyond.

Introduction

Jannemieke Ouwerkerk, Konstantinos Zoumpoulakis, Jeroen ten Voorde and Jacob Öberg

PART 1

Conceptualising (EU) Legal Goods: Harm, Legal Interests and Contemporary Challenges with Implications for EU Criminal Law

Nina Peršak

The Concept of Legal Interest in EU Criminal Law

Jannemieke Ouwerkerk

Public Goods and Harm as Justificatory Frameworks for Supranational Criminalisation

Jacob Öberg

Supranational Public Goods in the Absence of a Supranational Public Good and the Insufficiency of Rechtsgüter

Stephen Coutts

Redefining Norms: Exploring EU Decriminalization through the Lens of Legal Interests