International Criminal Law presents a full and systematic overview of the field, placing it in the context of wider international law. It offers a high-level, analytical examination with particular reference to the concept of an international crime and the role of domestic courts in prosecuting international crimes.
Über den Autor
O'Keefe, Roger
Inhaltsverzeichnis
1 Introduction; Part 1: Elementary Concepts and Principles; 2 The international rules on national criminal jurisdiction; 3 The genus and species of international crime; 4 International criminal courts and municipal criminal courts with international elements; Part 2: The Substantive Law of International Crimes; 5 Crimes under customary international law (i): Individual criminal responsibility under customary international law; 6 Crimes under customary international law (ii): The crimes; 7 Crimes under customary international law (iii): The modes of responsibility; 8 Crimes under customary international law (iv): Grounds for excluding responsibility; 9 Crimes pursuant to customary international law: The crime of piracy; 10 Treaty crimes (i): General; 11 Treaty crimes (ii): Treaty-based responses to terrorism; Part 3: Prosecution and Punishment & Other Suppression; 12 International crimes in ordinary municipal courts (i): Imposing and excluding responsibility; 13 International crimes in ordinary municipal courts (ii): Three controversies; 14 Municipal courts with international elements; 15 International criminal courts (i): The International Criminal Tribunals for the former Yugoslavia and Rwanda; 16 International criminal courts (ii): The Special Court for Sierra Leone and the Special Tribunal for Lebanon; 17 International criminal courts (iii): The International Criminal Court; 18 International criminal courts (iv): The rights of the accused and the protection and rights of victims; 19 The further role of the United Nations Security Council; 20 Concluding observations
Klappentext
International Criminal Law presents a full and systematic overview of the field, placing it in the context of wider international law. It offers a high-level, analytical examination with particular reference to the concept of an international crime and the role of domestic courts in prosecuting international crimes.
