An Introduction to International Criminal Law and Procedure 5th Edition

Criminal Law

An Introduction to International Criminal Law and Procedure 5th Edition

Edited by Darryl Robinson · Sergey Vasiliev · Elies van Sliedregt · Valerie Oosterveld
Cambridge University Press August 2024

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ISBN-13
9781009466639
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Publication
August 2024
Format
Paperback
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U.K. ? Countri(es) for reference only

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This market-leading textbook is one of the most globally trusted textbooks on international criminal law. It is known for its accessible and engaging tone and for an even-handed approach that is both critical and constructive. Comprehensively updated and rewritten, this new edition introduces readers to the main concepts of international criminal law, as well as the domestic and international institutions that enforce that law, and addresses the latest challenges and controversies surrounding the International Criminal Court. Written by a team of international criminal lawyers who have extensive academic and practical experience in the field, the book engages with critical questions, political and moral challenges, and alternatives to international justice. It contains helpful references to other literature, making it a valuable research resource. This popular work has been cited by the International Criminal Tribunal for Yugoslavia, the Special Court for Sierra Leone, the International Criminal Court, and the highest courts in domestic systems.

Table of Contents

Preface to the fifth edition
Table of international cases
Table of national cases
List of abbreviations
List of abbreviations of book titles

Part I. Introduction:
1. Introduction: what is international criminal law?
2. The aims, objectives and justifications of international criminal law
Part II. Prosecutions in National Courts:
3. Jurisdiction
4. National prosecutions of international crimes
5. State cooperation with respect to national proceedings

Part III. International Prosecution:
6. The history of international criminal prosecutions: Nuremberg and Tokyo
7. The Ad Hoc international criminal tribunals
8. The international criminal court
9. Other hybrid and special courts

Part IV. Substantive law of International Crimes:
10. Genocide
11. Crimes against humanity
12. War crimes
13. Aggression
14. Transnational crimes, terrorism and torture
15. General principles of liability
16. Defences/grounds for excluding criminal responsibility

Part V. International Criminal Procedure and Sentencing:
17. International criminal procedure
18. Victims in the International criminal process
19. Punishment and sentencing

Part VI. Relationship Between National and International Systems:
20. State cooperation with the international courts and tribunals
21. Immunities
22. Alternatives and complements to criminal prosecution
23. The future of international criminal law

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