Frank Verbruggen
Biographic Data
| ID | 6549860 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Frank Verbruggen |
| GIVEN NAMES | Frank |
| FAMILY NAME | Verbruggen |
| SIGNATURE | VERBRUGGEN F |
| AFFILIATIONS | 1Institute of Criminal Law, K.U.Leuven, Belgium |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-5916-7495 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 3 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 4 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1995 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
After Zigzagging Between Extremes, Finally Common Sense? Will Belgium Return to Reasonable Rules on Illegally Obtained Evidence
In the absence of statutory rules on the matter, Belgian courts traditionally applied a strict exclusionary rule for illegally gathered evidence and its fruits. The Court of Cassation in 2003 made a spectacular U-turn and prohibited exclusion of illegally obtained evidence by criminal courts, with only very limited exceptions. Parliament subsequently incorporated these judge-made principles into a binding statutory rule. As a new Code is about to…
Terrorist offences and international humanitarian law
While armed conflicts are principally governed by international humanitarian law (IHL), activities of members of non-State armed groups and their affiliates may also qualify as terrorist offences. After explaining why the concurrent application of IHL and criminal law instruments on terrorism causes friction, this article analyzes the chief mechanism for dissipating this friction: a clause excluding activities governed by IHL from the scope of cr…
Proceeds-oriented Criminal Justice in Belgium
Euro-Cops ? Just Say Maybe. European Lessons from the 1993 Reshuffle of US Drug Enforcement
This chapter illustrates how a look at our distant neighbour might provide an interesting perspective for the study of international law enforcement in Europe. The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is precisely the agency that is time and again used in the Europol - discussion, both as a negative and as a positive model. The US Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) is the chief exponent of international drug prohibition enforcement. The integ…
Euro-Cops ? Just Say Maybe. European Lessons from the 1993 Reshuffle of US Drug Enforcement
This chapter illustrates how a look at our distant neighbour might provide an interesting perspective for the study of international law enforcement in Europe. The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is precisely the agency that is time and again used in the Europol - discussion, both as a negative and as a positive model. The US Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) is the chief exponent of international drug prohibition enforcement. The integ…
Terrorist offences and international humanitarian law
While armed conflicts are principally governed by international humanitarian law (IHL), activities of members of non-State armed groups and their affiliates may also qualify as terrorist offences. After explaining why the concurrent application of IHL and criminal law instruments on terrorism causes friction, this article analyzes the chief mechanism for dissipating this friction: a clause excluding activities governed by IHL from the scope of cr…
Euro-Cops ? Just Say Maybe. European Lessons from the 1993 Reshuffle of US Drug Enforcement
This chapter illustrates how a look at our distant neighbour might provide an interesting perspective for the study of international law enforcement in Europe. The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is precisely the agency that is time and again used in the Europol - discussion, both as a negative and as a positive model. The US Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) is the chief exponent of international drug prohibition enforcement. The integ…
Proceeds-oriented Criminal Justice in Belgium
After Zigzagging Between Extremes, Finally Common Sense? Will Belgium Return to Reasonable Rules on Illegally Obtained Evidence
In the absence of statutory rules on the matter, Belgian courts traditionally applied a strict exclusionary rule for illegally gathered evidence and its fruits. The Court of Cassation in 2003 made a spectacular U-turn and prohibited exclusion of illegally obtained evidence by criminal courts, with only very limited exceptions. Parliament subsequently incorporated these judge-made principles into a binding statutory rule. As a new Code is about to…
Terrorist offences and international humanitarian law
While armed conflicts are principally governed by international humanitarian law (IHL), activities of members of non-State armed groups and their affiliates may also qualify as terrorist offences. After explaining why the concurrent application of IHL and criminal law instruments on terrorism causes friction, this article analyzes the chief mechanism for dissipating this friction: a clause excluding activities governed by IHL from the scope of cr…
Law (4 works) · Political science (4 works) · Criminology (3 works) · European Criminal Justice and Data Protection (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Criminal Law and Evidence (2 works) · Enforcement (2 works) · Law and economics (2 works) · Politics (2 works)