Developments in customary international law [electronic resource] : theory and the practice of the International Court of Justice and the international ad hoc criminal tribunals for Rwanda and Yugoslavia / by Birgit Schlütter.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Peters, Birgit, 1978-

Series:

Developments in international law ; v. 62.

Developments in international law, 0924-5332 ; v. 62

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Customary law, International.

International criminal courts.

Permanent Court of International Justice.

International Court of Justice.

International Criminal Court.

International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda.

International Tribunal for the Prosecution of Persons Responsible for Serious Violations of International Humanitarian Law Committed in the Territory of the Former Yugoslavia since 1991.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (407 p.)

Place of Publication:

Leiden [Netherlands] ; Boston, Mass. : Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Customary international law is the most important source of international criminal law. Fifty years after the Nuremberg trials, many convictions imposed by the tribunals for the former Yugoslavia and Rwanda are still based on customary international law alone. The International Criminal Court, by contrast, has not yet had much opportunity to give more guidance on this matter. Hence, it is worthwhile to provide an overview of the current status of custom by analysing the ad hoc tribunal’s case law on this point. Including a comprehensive synopsis of current literature and a contrast of the ad hoc tribunal’s case law with the jurisprudence of the International Court of Justice, this book offers an inclusive insight into the source’s past and future.

Contents:

Customary international law, theoretical conceptions and evidence of its formation

Customary international law and its relationship with other sources and methods of law-identification

Visions of development

Practical developments (part one) : customary international law in the case law of the PCIJ and the ICJ

Practical developments (part two) : the case law of the international ad hoc criminal tribunals on customary international criminal law

Evolution of new customary international criminal law : further implications

Developments in customary international (criminal) law : implications from the case law of the ICJ, the ICTY and the ICTR.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-282-94991-8

9786612949913

90-474-3115-4

OCLC:

700523543

Publisher Number:

10.1163/ej.9789004177727.i-370 DOI