'Surrendering' the fugitive: the European Arrest Warrant and the United Kingdom

TY - JOUR

T1 - 'Surrendering' the fugitive: the European Arrest Warrant and the United Kingdom

AU - Mackarel, Mark

PY - 2007

Y1 - 2007

N2 - This article explains how the European Arrest Warrant forms part of the response to the modern needs of the European Union in dealing with transnational crime and considers the experience of the UK in implementing and using the warrant. The warrant is the first manifestation of the EU policy of mutual recognition in relation to cooperation in criminal matters and in questioning how effectively the UK has put the warrant into operation under the Extradition Act 2003, the article compares the analyses of the European Commission, Eurojust and the House of Lords. Finally, the approach to interpretation taken by the courts to cases coming before them concerning the warrant under the 2003 Act is examined.

AB - This article explains how the European Arrest Warrant forms part of the response to the modern needs of the European Union in dealing with transnational crime and considers the experience of the UK in implementing and using the warrant. The warrant is the first manifestation of the EU policy of mutual recognition in relation to cooperation in criminal matters and in questioning how effectively the UK has put the warrant into operation under the Extradition Act 2003, the article compares the analyses of the European Commission, Eurojust and the House of Lords. Finally, the approach to interpretation taken by the courts to cases coming before them concerning the warrant under the 2003 Act is examined.

KW - Extradition

KW - European arrest warrants

KW - Implementation

KW - Surrender

KW - European Union law

M3 - Article

SN - 0022-0183

VL - 71

SP - 362

EP - 381

JO - Journal of Criminal Law

JF - Journal of Criminal Law

IS - 4

ER -