Public international law: criminal law

An innovative, interdisciplinary and far-reaching examination of the actual reality of international courts, International Court Authority challenges fundamental preconceptions about when, why, and how international courts become important and authoritative actors in national, regional, and international politics.

This book shows how international criminal courts have paid only limited and inconsistent attention to atrocity crimes affecting children.

It has been over 50 years since the beginning of the Israeli occupation of the Palestinian Territories.

The expression "e;transitional justice"e; emerged at the end of the Cold War, during the transition from dictatorships to democracies, and serves as a central concept in dealing with systemic injustice.

This book brings together some of the world''s leading writers to engage with the most profound question in penology: why prison?

In the era of globalisation, cross-border crimes are becoming increasingly common.

The rise of international criminal trials has been accompanied by a call for domestic responses to extraordinary violence.

Evelyne Schmid demonstrates how violations of economic, social and cultural rights can overlap with international crimes.

Using a unique application of Third World Approaches to International Law (TWAIL), this book provides a critical, interdisciplinary, examination of the contemporary practice of UN peacekeeping.

Grappling specifically with the norm of sovereignty as responsibility, the book seeks to advance a critical constructivist understanding of norm development in international society, as opposed to the conventional - or liberal - constructivist (mis)understanding that still dominates the debate.

This book provides an in-depth analysis of how states have stepped up their anti-bribery enforcement efforts in the recent past.

This book addresses the largely neglected place of women defendants in contemporary international criminal law, beyond the construction of women as victims, and asks what the analysis of women perpetrators, defendants and suspects reveals about international criminal law, the media and feminism.

Scholars and practitioners alike agree that somehow the past needs to be addressed in order to enable individuals and collectives to rebuild trust and relationships.

The law relating to fitness to plead is an increasingly important area of the criminal law.

Since after the Second World War, the crime of aggression is - along with genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes - a "e;core crime"e; under international law.

Assessing the extent to which armed conflict impacts the obligations that states have towards foreign investors and their investments under international investment treaties requires considering a wide range of issues, many of which are systemic in nature.

In United States Law and Policy on Transitional Justice: Principles, Politics, and Pragmatics, Zachary D.

The rise of international criminal trials has been accompanied by a call for domestic responses to extraordinary violence.

Habeas Corpus in Wartime unearths and presents a comprehensive account of the legal and political history of habeas corpus in wartime in the Anglo-American legal tradition.

The book defines and critically discusses the following five principles: the harm principle, legal paternalism, the offense principle, legal moralism and the dignity principle of criminalization.

Why would anyone commit a mass atrocity such as genocide, crimes against humanity, war crimes, or terrorism?

This War Report provides detailed information on every armed conflict which took place during 2013, offering an unprecedented overview of the nature, range, and impact of these conflicts and the legal issues they created.

This book is a socio-legal study of counter-piracy.

This is the first socio-legal multi-jurisdictional study on hazing (ragging).

This book explores the policing response to teen sexting - the digital exchange, both consensual and non-consensual, of intimate images among youth peers.

Evelyne Schmid demonstrates how violations of economic, social and cultural rights can overlap with international crimes.

This book considers critics of international criminal law concerning normative concepts of legitimacy, sovereignty, responsibility, punishment, economics, politics, evidence, and fairness.

Principles of International Criminal Law has become one of the most influential textbooks in the field of international criminal justice.

This book brings a new focus to the ongoing debate on holding perpetrators of massive humanitarian and human rights violations accountable in countries in transition.

En el terreno de la práctica judicial, cada vez son más numerosos los casos en los que están implicados por diferentes delitos agentes internos de la empresa y, más recientemente, las propias organizaciones.

The responses of governments and international institutions to terrorism raise some of the most controversial issues of the twenty-first century.

This edited volume addresses the broader aspects of the political and social landscape, human rights violations, accountability and advocacy efforts, and humanitarian challenges faced by the Rohingya from Myanmar.

International Law: Text, Cases and Materials provides not only an essential introduction to the core concepts and foundational principles of international law, but also a detailed overview of each established area in which international law operates.

Scholars and practitioners alike agree that somehow the past needs to be addressed in order to enable individuals and collectives to rebuild trust and relationships.

The field of transitional justice has expanded rapidly since the term first emerged in the late 1990s.

This book critically interrogates how young people are introduced to landscapes through environmental education, outdoor recreation, and youth-led learning, drawing on diverse examples of green, blue, outdoor, or natural landscapes.

Shows that the shari''a and Islamic law are compatible with contemporary international human rights laws and norms, and appropriate for use in Muslim societies.

This book presents the argument that solution-driven policy and treaty changes, if faithfully implemented, will rekindle the relevance of the International Criminal Court (ICC) in combatting and prosecuting atrocity crimes.

This book considers the extent to which States are held accountable for breaches of jus cogens norms under international law.

This book thoroughly discusses the concept of sovereign immunity in international law and how the problems normally associated with the said subject can be resolved in order to promote justice.

Reconceiving Civil Society and Transitional Justice examines the role of civil society in transitional justice, exploring the forms of civil society that are enabled or disabled by transitional justice processes and the forms of transitional justice activity that are enabled and disabled by civil society actors.

This War Report provides detailed information on every armed conflict which took place during 2013, offering an unprecedented overview of the nature, range, and impact of these conflicts and the legal issues they created.

Africa has been at the forefront of contemporary global efforts towards ensuring greater accountability for international crimes.

The trial of major Nazi war criminals in Nuremberg was a landmark event in the development of modern international law, and continues to be highly influential in our understanding of international criminal law and post-conflict justice.

This book explores, through the lens of the conflict in Syria, why international law and the United Nations have failed to halt conflict and massive human rights violations in many places around the world which has allowed tens of millions of people to be killed and hundreds of millions more to be harmed.

This book evaluates the resting pulse of national and international criminal justice in conjunction with the actual definition of the truth which burdens prosecutors.

This textbook offers a starting point for the education of attorneys and other legal professionals about the potential impact of artificial intelligence (AI) on the law, as well as a forum for discussing artificial intelligence's legal and ethical concerns.

The Routledge International Handbook of Perpetrator Studies traces the growth of an important interdisciplinary field, its foundations, key debates and core concerns, as well as highlighting current and emerging issues and approaches and pointing to new directions for enquiry.