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The Character of International Law: A Festschrift for Rob Cryer

The Character of International Law: A Festschrift for Rob Cryer

Author: Dr Emma J. Breeze; Mark Drumbl; Gerry Simpson; Marianne Wade
Publisher: Hart Publishing
ISBN: 9781509983377
Published In: October 2025
Format: Hardback
Jurisdiction: U.K. ? Disclaimer:
Countri(es) stated herein are used as reference only

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Professor Robert Cryer was a foundational voice in modern international criminal law. This book celebrates his character, his life, his work, and his influence.

The book is a Festschrift of love and admiration to a voice that is dearly missed. Fittingly, the book also continues to voice the many conversations that Rob started. It thereby doubles as a critical examination of the life of international law.

The book constellates 17 expertly-authored chapters nurtured by 4 editors through 5 distinctive sections, each of which reflects on the character of international law. These sections, presented as acts, are: discipline and borders, (re)imagination and continuity, violence and reckoning, acoustics and storytelling, and friendship and kindness.

A wide gamut of touchpoints dovetails into a beautifully eclectic medley. These include criminal law, the law of war, music and harm, gender-based violence, nuclear weapons and artificial intelligence, law after war, the crime of aggression, drones and targets, the domestication of international law, and the role of law in inter-state relations. The book journeys to many places, including Japan, Bosnia, and Ukraine, while reflecting on the role of teaching and mentorship in the life of international law.

1. Introduction: To Remember and Smile, Emma J Breeze, Mark Drumbl and Gerry Simpson

2. Obituary for Rob, Gerry Simpson

Act I: Discipline and Borders

3. The Interplay between International Humanitarian Law and International Criminal Law: Rob Cryer's Contribution to the Understanding of War Crimes Law, Rogier Bartels

4. Limits to the Notion of General Principles of Criminal Liability in International Criminal Law: The Case of Individual Criminal Responsibility for Collective Criminality, Adrian Hunt

5. Laws of War as Part of English Law, Alexander Orakhelashvili

Act II: (Re)Imagination and Continuity

6. Envisioning International Criminal Justice, Paul Roberts

7. Rob Cryer and the Art of Teaching (International) Law, Raphael Oidtmann

8. Principle or Pragmatism?: Misogyny as Genocide, Marianne L Wade

9. Remaking the Tokyo Tribunal: Robert Cryer and the Revival of Scholarship on the Tokyo Trial, Neil Boister

Act III: Violence and Reckoning

10. Tribute to Rob: Selectivity in ICL, Elies van Sliedregt

11. Envisioning Targeted Killings and the Crime of Aggression in the Age of Autonomous Weaponry, Shagufta Sen

12. 'Prosecuting the Leaders': Reflection on the Prohibition and Prosecution of the Crime of Aggression in International Law, Stoyan Panov

13. Robert Cryer and the Jus Post Bellum, Javier S Eskauriatza

Act IV: Acoustics and Storytelling