Public international law: criminal law

The Second Edition of An Introduction to Transitional Justice provides a comprehensive overview of transitional justice judicial and non-judicial measures implemented by societies to redress legacies of massive human rights abuse.

The history of international criminal justice told through the revealing stories of some of its primary intellectual figures.

This book offers a comprehensive analysis of the legal questions that arise for the legislative branch when implementing the crime of aggression into domestic law.

This multidisciplinary volume investigates the challenge of attaining legitimacy by international criminal courts and tribunals.

This book examines two types of transnational money laundering: the use of offshores and wire transfers to "e;invest"e; in real estate; and agribusiness, a nebulous activity that is difficult to regulate.

This book argues for a more moderate approach to history-writing in international criminal adjudication by articulating the elements of a "e;responsible history"e; normative framework.

The rule of law is widely seen as the cornerstone of any effective polity and increasingly a vital component of the international political system.

Central to this book is the concept of humanity in international law.

Presenting cutting-edge research and scholarship, this extensive volume covers everything from abstract theorising about the meanings of responsibility and how we blame, to analysing criminal law and justice responses, and factors that impact individual responsibility.

There have been extraordinary developments in the field of neuroscience in recent years, sparking a number of discussions within the legal field.

It is often said that criminal procedure should ensure that the defendant is a subject, not just an object, of proceedings.

How does international criminal procedure differ from any domestic legal principles and why?

The practice of prosecuting sitting Heads of State (SHoS) by the International Criminal Court (ICC) represents a revolutionary and morally compelling pursuit of justice for those who commit the most heinous crimes known to humanity, regardless of their status.

International human rights law grants individuals both rights and responsibilities.

This book provides a critical introduction to the core elements of international criminal law.

This book discusses the evolving principle of transitional justice in public international law and international relations from the female perspective at a time when the concept is increasingly recognised by the international community as an effective framework in which to negotiate and manage a community's post-conflict transition to peace and stability.

Many years after the United States initiated a military response to the terrorist attacks of September 11th, 2001, the nation continues to prosecute what it considers an armed conflict against transnational terrorist groups.

With the sensational arrest of former Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet in 1998, the rise to prominence of universal jurisdiction over crimes against international law seemed to be assured.

Media interest in the fates of people at sea has heightened across the last decade.

This book explores firsthand accounts of the genocide in Darfur.

This book provides an analysis of whether the International Criminal Court can be regarded as an International Criminal World Court, capable of exercising its jurisdiction upon every individual despite the fact that not every State is a Party to the Rome Statute.

In 1998, the Rome Statute to the International Criminal Court (ICC) emerged as a groundbreaking treaty both due to its codification of international criminal law and its recognition of the crimes committed against women in times of war and conflict.

A pesar de los esfuerzos provenientes desde distintos ámbitos para atajarla, la delincuencia organizada transnacional es un fenómeno que ha ido creciendo en magnitud e importancia con el paso de las décadas.

Looks at the effect of new technologies and privacy, arguing that advances in technology can enhance privacy and security at the same time.

This book examines the rules and mechanisms of international law relevant to the suppression of state organized crime, and provides a normative justification for developing international legal mechanisms specifically designed to address this phenomenon.

Existing international law is capable to govern the "e;war on terror"e; also in the aftermath of September 11, 2001.

Every State has an obligation to prevent terrorist attacks emanating from its territory.

An empirically rich and conceptually informed study of the politics of transitional justice in post-communist Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania.

There is extensive and detailed academic literature on the legal development of international crimes such as war crimes and crime against humanity.

This book considers the efficacy of transitional justice mechanisms in response to corporate human rights abuses.

Genocide, State Crime and the Law critically explores the use and role of law in the perpetration, redress and prevention of mass harm by the state.

This book addresses the regulation of hybrid warfare under relevant branches of international law, beginning with the law on inter-state use of force (jus ad bellum).

Nicholls, Montgomery, and Knowles on The Law of Extradition and Mutual Assistance is a leading work in this complex and growing area of law.

The book examines the process and the impact of the International Military Tribunal for the Far East (IMTFE), otherwise known as the Tokyo Trial, which was convened in 1946 to try the Japanese leaders accused of committing war crimes during World War II.

Corruption undermines nearly all key legal and developmental priorities today, including the effective functioning of democratic institutions and honest elections; environmental protection; human rights and human security; international development programs; and fair competition for global trade and investment.

This book deals with sentencing in international criminal law, focusing on the approach of the UN ad hoc Tribunals for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) and Rwanda (ICTR).

Results of the 2007 Nuremberg Conference on Peace and Justice: Tensions between peace and justice have long been debated by scholars, practitioners and agencies including the United Nations, and both theory and policy must be refined for very practical application in situations emerging from violent conflict or political repression.

This book is a collection of studies of drug policies in several Latin American countries.

This book investigates whether corporate criminal liability should be incorporated within the scope of international criminal law.

Criminal Law: Historical, Ethical, and Moral Foundations, 3rd edition, blends legal and moral reasoning in the examination of crimes and explores the history relating to jurisprudence and roots of criminal law.

Thisbook addresses issues concerning the shifting contemporary meaning of legalcertainty.

This book focuses on the evolving relationship between China and the International Criminal Court (ICC).

Commencing its search for a principled international criminal justice, this book argues that the Preamble to the Rome Statute requires a very different notion of justice than that which would be expected in domestic jurisdictions.

The International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) was established in 1993 and is due to complete its trials by 2011.

This volume investigates questions linking institutional changes within the court system and legal environment with developments in criminal procedure law.

The Law of Non-International Armed Conflict brings together and critically analyses the disparate conventional, customary, and soft law relating to non-international armed conflict.

Die Untersuchung widmet sich einem interdisziplinären Forschungsfeld von hoher Aktualität und Relevanz im Schnittfeld von Völkerrecht, Europarecht, Kriminologie und Sicherheitspolitik: der Bekämpfung der Computerkriminalität.

This book critically analyzes the criminalization of incitement to terrorism under the fundamental principles of legality, necessity, and proportionality with the aim of striking a fair balance between security and liberty on this complicated issue.

This book addresses the issue of the timing of transitional justice policies in countries that had negotiated transitions from authoritarianism to democracy.

Despite the growth in international criminal courts and tribunals, the majority of cases concerning international criminal law are prosecuted at the domestic level.