An introduction to international criminal law and procedure / Robert Cryer [and others].

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cryer, Robert, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

International crimes.

Criminal procedure (International law).

International criminal courts.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xliv, 477 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Other Title:

An Introduction to International Criminal Law & Procedure

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2007.

System Details:

text file

PDF

Summary:

International criminal law has developed considerably in the last decade and a half, resulting in a complex and re-invigorated discipline. This has impacted directly on the popularity of the study of the subject, particularly on postgraduate law degrees. This textbook serves these courses by providing an introduction to the principles of international criminal law and processes. Written by four international lawyers with experience of teaching international criminal law, it is accessible yet sophisticated in its approach. It covers substantive international criminal law, the institutions designed to enforce it and their procedures, and the international law applicable to domestic prosecutions of international crimes. It will be essential reading for students and teachers of international criminal law. In addition, practitioners and researchers in the field (and in related fields such as criminal law), students of international law and international relations will find this introduction invaluable.

Contents:

1. What is international criminal law?

2. The objectives of international criminal law

3. Jurisdiction

4. National prosecutions of international crimes

5. State Cooperation with respect to national proceedings

6. The history of international criminal prosecutions: Nuremberg and Tokyo

7. The ad hoc international criminal tribunals

8. The International Criminal Court

9. Other courts with international elements

10. Genocide

11. Crimes against humanity

12. War crimes

13. Aggression

14. Transnational crimes, terrorism and torture

15. General principles of liability

16. Defences/grounds for excluding criminal responsibility

17. Procedures of international criminal investigations and prosecutions

18. Sentencing, penalties and reparations to victims

19. State cooperation with international courts and tribunals

20. Immunities

21. Conclusions: the future of international criminal law.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Other Format:

Print version:

ISBN:

9780511801006

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.