We investigate whether and how economic integration increases state capacity. This important relationship has not been studied in detail so far. We put together a conceptual framework to guide our analysis that highlights what we call the Montesquieu, Weber and Smith channels. Each of these...

In Brazil, the right to health has achieved relevance in policy debate, especially in the last two decades, due to the increase in the number of lawsuits lawsuits against the executive branch to ensure access to medicines, exams, hospitalizations, among other goods and health services. The...

This is a bibliometric and bibliographic study based on researches about Maria da Penha Law (Law no 11.343/2006) enforcement. It was developed from a literature review for a research project named O Poder Judiciário no enfrentamento à violência doméstica e familiar contra mulheres (CNJ;...

This report lays out the work and performance of DG JUST in in 2018, the final full year before the end of the current Commission mandate. It covers a wide range of activities in the areas of civil and commercial justice, criminal justice, fundamental rights and the rule of law, Equality and...

We investigate whether and how economic integration increases state capacity. This important relationship has not been studied in detail so far. We put together a conceptual framework to guide our analysis that highlights what we call the Montesquieu, Weber and Smith channels. Each of these...

The policies of DG Justice and Consumers (DG JUST) guarantee the fundamental rights and freedoms of EU citizens in a Union of rule of law and democracy as well as their rights to participate in the internal market. In 2017 the DG has continued to deliver on its work programme in a timely manner....

Adding a new dimension to determinants of corruption, this paper examines the effectiveness of enforcement in reducing corruption. We compare the influences of latent enforcement (police, judicial, and prosecutorial employment) versus actual enforcement (conviction rates) and enforcing...

Purpose: The purpose of this study is to identify innovation models in the judiciary according to the current integrated theoretical approach for innovation in services. Design/methodology/approach: This study uses a quantitative approach. The authors collected the data through a questionnaire...

The EU citizens are at the heart of DG Justice and Consumers' policies which guarantee their fundamental rights and freedoms as well as their rights to participate in the internal market in a Union of rule of law and democracy. In 2016 the DG has continued to deliver on the DG's work programme...

The Annual Activity Report is a management report of the Director-General of DG Justice and Consumersto the College of Commissioners. It is the main instrument of management accountability within the Commission and constitutes the basis on which the Commission takes its responsibility for the...

The mission of the Directorate-General for Justice and Consumers is to uphold and strengthen the rights of people living in the European Union, whether they are acting as consumers, entrepreneurs or workers and the rights of EU citizens in the European Union and abroad. Our policies and our...

In this paper I issue a call for a primary focus on expanding and strengthening alternative, community-based justice system, as a strategy for securing the full benefits of legal agency to indigenous and other culturally distinct groups. I do so because what lies within the formal justice system...

Smooth and secure cross-border information exchanges between law enforcement authorities are essential in order to ensure a high level of security in the EU and tackle serious and organised crime, as well as other offences that require cross-border collaboration. In order to ensure timely access...

These country reports from EU Member States constitute the background material for the FRA report on Criminal detention and alternatives: fundamental rights aspects in EU cross-border transfers. The information in the country reports is prepared under contract by the FRA’s research network...

The Directorate-General for Justice had as its overriding mission to build a European Area of Justice for the benefit of everyone in the European Union. It aimed to vindicate and strengthen the rights of people living in the European Union, and to remove barriers to their full participation in...

The mission of the Directorate-General for Justice and Consumers is to upholdand strengthen the rights of people living in the European Union, whether they are acting as citizens, consumers, entrepreneurs or workers. The Directorate-General works to achieve Commissioner Jourová’s core goals...