State sovereignty and international criminal law : Versailles to Rome / Jackson Nyamuya Maogoto.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Maogoto, Jackson Nyamuya, 1975-

Series:

International and comparative criminal law series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sovereignty--History.

Sovereignty.

International crimes--History.

International crimes.

History.

Physical Description:

xii, 311 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Ardsley, N.Y. : Transnational Publishers, [2003]

Contents:

Chapter I The Concept of Sovereignty and the Development of International Law 7

1.2 The Birth of the Concept of Sovereignty 8

1.3 Sovereignty and the Development of International law 15

1.3.1 The Rise of Modern International Law and Ascendance of Sovereignty in Statehood 16

1.3.2 Developments in Codification of the Laws of War in the 19th Century to Early 20th-Century Period 21

Chapter II World War I: Sowing the Seeds of Challenge to State Sovereignty 33

2.2 Blood on the Nation: German and Turkish Wartime Atrocities 36

2.2.1 Germany and the Policy of Total War 36

2.2.2 Turkey and the Armenian Massacres 39

2.3 The Paris Peace Conference 42

2.4 The Allies' Failure to Establish an International Penal Process 46

2.4.1 The Peace Treaty of Versailies and the German National Trials (The Leipzig Trials) 46

2.4.2 The Peace Treaty of Sevres and the Turkish National Trials (The Istanbul Trials) 57

Chapter III World War II: Reaping the Fruits of the Challenge to State Sovereignty 71

3.2 Germany and Japan: The Silencing of the Laws of War Through Atrocity 76

3.2.1 Germany: The Holocaust and the Waging of a War of Terror 76

3.2.2 The Japanese Imperial Army: Atrocity as a Part of its Life in War 79

3.2.3 The United Nations War Crimes Commission 81

3.3 The London Conference on Military Tribunals 85

3.3.1 The International Military Tribunal at Nuremberg 92

3.3.2 The International Military Tribunal for the Far East at Tokyo 95

3.4 The World after Nuremberg and Tokyo 105

3.4.1 Internationalisation of the Individual 106

3.4.2 Externalising the State and Its Sovereignty 108

3.4.3 Supranational Jurisdiction for International Law Violations 111

Chapter IV The Cold War: The 20th Century's Third Hegemonic Struggle 119

4.2 Taming the State: The Nuremberg Legacy Crosses the National Frontier 123

4.2.1 The American Cases: The State Endorses Individual Criminal Responsibility 126

4.2.2 Internalising the Gains of Nuremberg: Universal Jurisdiction Comes of Age 128

4.3 The Forgotten Villains 135

4.4 Revival in the 1990s: Attempting to Redeem the World's Conscience 141

Chapter V The Yugoslav Tribunal: State Sovereignty in the Shadow of International Justice 145

5.2 Situational Background and Development of the Ad Hoc International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia 148

5.3 Questioning the 'Perversion' of Sovereignty: Yugoslavia's Dissent 154

5.4 The ICTFY's Structure and Competence: Weakening the Principle of Sovereignty in International Law 157

5.4.1 Primacy and the ICTFY: Subordinating the State's Criminal Jurisdiction Regime 158

5.4.1.1 A Bitter Pill to Swallow: Primacy Is Questioned 162

5.4.2 Cooperation and Judicial Assistance 164

5.4.2.1 'Transfer' or 'Surrender': Circumventing Domestic Legal Constraints 167

5.4.2.2 Evidence Gathering 171

5.5 The Consequences of Non-Compliance 174

5.5.1 The Security Council: A Reluctant Enforcer 174

5.5.2 Breaking New Ground: Developing New Tools for Enforcement in the Face of State Non-Cooperation 177

5.5.2.1 'Soft' and 'Indirect' Enforcement Methods 181

5.5.2.2 'Hard' and 'Direct' Enforcement: Extending the International Frontier 183

5.6 State Sovereignty on the Decline: Case Studies 189

5.6.1 The Tadic Case: The Tribunal on Trial 189

5.6.2 The Blaskic Case: The State on Trial 192

Chapter VI The Rwandan Tribunal: Gaining Ground in the Diminution of State Sovereignty 199

6.2 Situational Background and Development of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda 200

6.3 The ICTR's Structure and Competence: Weakening the Principle of Sovereignty in International Law 206

6.3.1 Primacy and the ICTR: Principle Re-Affirmed and Jurisdictional Scope Broadened 206

6.3.2 Subject Matter Jurisdiction: Internalising International Humanitarian Law Norms 209

6.3.3 Encroaching on State Sovereignty: Cooperation and Judicial Assistance 211

6.3.3.1 Securing Custody of Indictees: The State Embraces the Cooperation Regime 215

6.3.3.2 Evidence Gathering 217

6.4 The Decline of State Sovereignty: A Case Study 219

6.4.1 The Ntakirutimana Case: A Step Back and A Step Forward 219

Chapter VII The International Criminal Court: Challenges and Concessions to the Westphalian Model 225

7.2 The United Nations' Efforts to Establish an International Criminal Court 228

7.3 Structure and Competence of the International Criminal Court 233

7.3.1 The Office of the Prosecutor 234

7.3.2 Scope of the Court's Jurisdiction 237

7.3.2.1 Jurisdiction Ratione Materiae 238

7.3.2.2 Jurisdiction Ratione Loci 240

7.3.2.3 Jurisdiction Ratione Personae 242

7.3.3 Foundations of the Court's Jurisdiction 245

7.3.3.1 Complementarity with State Judicial Systems 247

7.3.4 The International Cooperation Regime 250

7.3.4.1 Arrest and Surrender 254

7.3.4.2 Investigation and Evidence Gathering 262

7.3.4.3 Enforcement of Forfeiture Orders and ICC Fines 266

7.4 The United States' Position 268

7.5 Reflections on the International Criminal Court: Merits and Demerits 272

7.5.1 The Case for the Court 272

7.5.2 The Case Against the ICC 274.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 287-301) and index.

ISBN:

157105295X

OCLC:

51848530