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In eurosceptic circles it is widely stated that European criminal justice threatens to undermine the basic values of the common law, and this is put forward as a reason why the UK should ‘withdraw from the Europe’. This argument was recently put forward by Nigel Farage, of the UK Independence Party, in an article he wrote for The Independent (10 November 2013). In this presentation Professor John Spencer – one of the authors of the Corpus Juris project – subjects the argument to analysis.
Professor Spencer is Professor of Law, Co-Director of the Centre for European Legal Studies, and Honorary President of the European Criminal Law Association. He has written extensively on criminal justice matters and has been involved in a number of law reform projects.
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Sounds like it's the same over there as in the U.S. where the rich get sprung and the poor get hung. Most of our crime spawns from poor legislation, but primarily the nonsensical war on drugs. The joke is on us too since research is showing psychedelics are healthier than alcohol or pharmaceutical medications. If Congress had implement Milton Friedman's negative income tax generations ago we could have saved a ton of money.
Anything that is a threat to that sleezy BRITISH dope running — threatens the basic values of that human garbage. Filthy scum.
Corpus Juris is emblematic of how the EU works. The EU is unelected, undemocratic and anti-free speech – run by politicians who are not only unelected – but who cannot be sacked by the voters. Time to vote OUT, to LEAVE the rotten, stinking corrupt EU.
http://tinyurl.com/TheAcct Jean-Claude Junker (an EU President) 5May16 said ELECTED leaders spend too much time 'kowtowing' to public opinion rather than working on EU projects. Interestingly, Remain don’t mention Democracy as a reason to stay, which is understandable as the one-person-one-vote does not apply to the EU Executive… we can remove MEPs through the ballot box but not the EU Executive.
… and those saying NATO will be weakened if the UK leaves the EU are ignoring the fact that there are many NATO members who are not in the EU (Canada, USA, Turkey etc)
Nicely done Prof. Spencer!
The answer to this question is yes
A fair take-down of a poorly researched argument, one that Nigel Farage should have known better than to touch.
Although Prof Spencer is uniquely well placed to comment on this case, it would be more interesting to hear a Cambridge law professor take aim at higher targets.
For instance, two senior judges in the UK have recently written articles criticising European courts for encroaching on affairs that are beyond their remit.
Is there a tendency for the EU judges to overstep the mark? And if those responsibilities were repatriated, why would we expect a domestic court rule more cautiously?