Includes bibliographical references (p. [309]-330) and index.

The search for EU criminal law - where is it headed? / Elspeth Guild and Florian Geyer -- Actors -- Security, freedom and accountability: Europol and Frontex / Sonja Puntscher Riekmann -- Eurojust: a cornerstone of the federal criminal justice system in the EU? / J. Vlastnâik -- The third pillar and the court of justice: a "praetorian communitarisation" of police and judicial cooperation in criminal matters? / Eulalia Sanfrutos Cano -- EU member states: complicity in extraordinary renditions / Judit Tâoth -- Concepts and instruments -- EU police cooperation: national sovereignty framed by European security? / Didier Bigo -- Too different to trust? First experiences with the application of the European arrest warrant / Julia Sievers -- Reflexive governance and the EU third pillar: analysis of data protection and criminal law aspects / Gloria Gonzâalez Fuster and Pieter Paepe -- Law and policy -- The competence question: the European community and criminal law / Valsamis Mitsilegas -- The proposal for a council framework decision on certain procedural rights in criminal proceedings throughout the European Union / Mar Jimeno-Bulnes -- The "prèum process": the way forward for EU police cooperation and data exchange? / Rocco Bellanova -- Practice: achievements and obstacles -- Policing a European border region: the case of the Meuse-Rhine Euroregion / Toine Spapens -- Uniforms without uniformity: a critical look at European standards in policing / Peter Hobbing -- Third pillar developments from a practitioner's perspective / Richard Lang -- The EU counter-terrorism strategy and human rights in Central Asia: do as I say not as I do? / Susie Alegre -- A possible future -- The reform treaty and justice and home affairs: implications for the common area of freedom, security and justice / Sergio Carrera and Florian Geyer.