Police Cooperation and Sovereignty in the EU Norway's Lessons for Europe

• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford Taylor & Francis 2019
• Series: Transnational Criminal Justice
• Subjects: EEA Agreement; EFTA Court; EU Body; EU Police Cooperation; European Economic Area Agreement; Europol Cooperation; foreign; Foreign Police Officers; international; International Cooperation Instruments; International Police Cooperation; jits; Joint Investigation Team; measures; member; MLA Convention; Nordic Cooperation; norwegian; Norwegian Police; Norwegian Police Officer; officers; Oslo Police District; Police Cooperation; Police Cooperation Measures; schengen; Schengen Acquis; Schengen Cooperation; states; territory; thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JB Society and culture: general; thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JH Sociology and anthropology::JHB Sociology; thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JK Social services and welfare, criminology::JKV Crime and criminology; thema EDItEUR::L Law::LA Jurisprudence and general issues::LAR Legal aspects of criminology; thema EDItEUR::L Law::LN Laws of specific jurisdictions and specific areas of law::LNF Criminal law: procedure and offences::LNFB Criminal justice law; thema EDItEUR::L Law::LN Laws of specific jurisdictions and specific areas of law::LNF Criminal law: procedure and offences::LNFX Criminal procedure::LNFX5 Police law and police procedures; thema EDItEUR::L Law::LN Laws of specific jurisdictions and specific areas of law::LNT Social law and Medical law
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 The State and the police are traditionally seen as closely connected phenomena. Today, however, rapid EU legal developments mean that European police forces are no longer tied to a specific national legal context or a specific territory in the way they used to be. Norway is not a member of the EU. Or is it? This book shows that although it lacks formal membership status, Norway has become part of almost all of the major EU police cooperation measures and agreements. Not only does this mean that foreign police forces may operate on Norwegian territory and vice versa, but in addition, a wide range of EU regulations and cooperation instruments are incorporated directly into Norwegian law. With the increased focus on international and transnational police cooperation in mind, what does it mean to be a sovereign state in Europe today? This book combines strong legal and theoretical analyses of a specific national system to show how this country is tied to and dependent on a wider international and supranational system of legal rules, technologies and concepts. This makes the book relevant not only for the Norwegian prosecution and police authorities, but also for readers outside Norway interested in exploring how and whether the police as a modern state function has changed through the implementation of international cross-border cooperation mechanisms.