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Criminal Jurisdiction Over Armed Forces Abroad

Name: Criminal Jurisdiction Over Armed Forces Abroad
Brand: Cambridge University Press
SKU: 9781108465144
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Author: Rain Liivoja
ISBN: 9781108465144

By Rain Liivoja

Cambridge University Press December 2018

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ISBN-13: 9781108465144
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication: December 2018
Format: Paperback
Jurisdiction: U.K. ? Countri(es) for reference only

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Rain Liivoja explores why, and to what extent, armed forces personnel who commit offences abroad are prosecuted under their own country's laws. After clarifying several conceptual uncertainties in the doctrine of jurisdiction and immunities, he applies the doctrine to the extraterritorial deployment of service personnel.

Comparing the law and practice of different states, the author shows the sheer breadth of criminal jurisdiction that countries claim over their service personnel. He argues that such claims disclose a discrete category of jurisdiction, with its own scope and rationale, which can be justified as a matter of international law. By distinguishing service jurisdiction as a distinct category, the analysis explains some of the peculiarities of military criminal law and also provides a basis for extending national criminal law to private military contractors serving the state.

This book is essential for scholars and practitioners in international and criminal law, especially in military contexts.

Foreword Eyal Benvenisti

1. Criminal jurisdiction under national law

2. Criminal jurisdiction under international law

3. Immunities from criminal jurisdiction under international law

4. Armed forces abroad

5. Status of armed forces abroad

6. Service jurisdiction under national law

7. Service jurisdiction under international law.

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