- Summary
- "International Criminal Law continues to provide a clear and concise introduction to both substantive international criminal law and international criminal procedure. The book offers a stimulating explanation of the fundamentals of these two branches of international criminal law and provides a theoretical framework to the rules, principles, concepts and legal constructs that are central to the subject. The book covers the various international courts and tribunals as well as mixed or hybrid courts or such national courts as the Iraqi High Tribunal. In addition to using the case law of the International Tribunals for the former Yugoslavia and Rwanda and of recent mixed tribunals, it uniquely draws upon national jurisprudence, in particular Belgian, Dutch, English, French, German, Italian, Spanish and US case law on international crimes."--BOOK JACKET.
- Format
- Book
- Author/Creator
- Cassese, Antonio.
- Published
- Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2008
- Edition
- Second edition
- Contents
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Fundamentals of international criminal law
General principles of international criminal law
The elements of international crimes
War crimes
Crimes against humanity
Genocide
Torture as a discrete crime, and aggression
Terrorism as an international crime
Perpetration and joint criminal enterprise
Other modes of liability
Criminal liability for omissions
Justifications and excuses
Other excuses : superior order, necessity, duress, and mistake
Immunities
The establishment of international criminal tribunals
International versus national jurisdiction
The adoption of the essential features of the adversarial system
General principles governing international criminal trials
Stages of international proceedings in outline i-pre-trial and trial
Appeals and enforcement
The specificity of international trials.
- Notes
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Includes index.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Fundamentals of international criminal law -- General principles of international criminal law -- The elements of international crimes -- War crimes -- Crimes against humanity -- Genocide -- Torture as a discrete crime, and aggression -- Terrorism as an international crime -- Perpetration and joint criminal enterprise -- Other modes of liability -- Criminal liability for omissions -- Justifications and excuses -- Other excuses : superior order, necessity, duress, and mistake -- Immunities -- The establishment of international criminal tribunals -- International versus national jurisdiction -- The adoption of the essential features of the adversarial system -- General principles governing international criminal trials -- Stages of international proceedings in outline i-pre-trial and trial -- Appeals and enforcement -- The specificity of international trials.
