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The decision by the European Court of Human Rights in Soros v. France centered on questions regarding the principle of legality in article 7 ECHR. More precisely, the interpretation of “insider trading” was challenged and whether or not it was possible to appraise whether the …

This symposium considers the institutional foundation for the EU’s criminal policy, a highly topical and critical issue for the future development of the Area of Freedom, Security and Justice (‘AFSJ’). It brings together prominent EU legal scholars, criminal law scholars, criminologists and political scientists to jointly reflect on the developments since the Lisbon Treaty with reference to transnational criminal enforcement by EU criminal justice agencies.

On 7 March 2019, the Austrian Association of European Criminal Law together with the Vienna University of Economics and Business and the Federal Justice Ministry organized a one-day conference on European Criminal law after the 2018 Austrian Council Presidency. The event raised great interest by many scholars and practitioners and covered three main topics.