Public Security and Fundamental Principles of Criminal Law

Abstract

The theme of this paper is “public security and constitutional principles of criminal law”. This paper presents some thoughts and formulates some questions concerning developments in the broad area of criminal law and public security which pose a challenge to constitutional law. The paper focuses not at answers or solutions to problems which our societies in Europe face, but attempts to articulate these problems in a manner aimed at understanding a reality for its constitutional implications, and this in turn with a view to understanding the meaning of constitutions under present-day circumstances.