Judicial responsibility and coups d'état : judging against unconstitutional usurpation of power / Kriangsak Kittichaisaree.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kriangsak Kittichaisaree, 1958- author.

Contributor:

Taylor & Francis eBooks

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Political questions and judicial power.

Judicial process.

Judicial independence.

Separation of powers.

Court.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiii, 266 pages)

Place of Publication:

Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2023.

Biography/History:

Kriangsak Kittichaisaree is a Judge of the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea. He has served as Chairperson of the UN General Assembly's Working Group on the Administration of Justice at the United Nations; member of the UN International Law Commission responsible for the topic 'The Obligation to Extradite or Prosecute (aut dedere aut judicare)'; and Thailand's Ambassador to Iran, Australia and Russia. He has taught international law at renowned law schools in four continents. His 11 books include the pioneering textbook International Criminal Law (2001); Public International Law of Cyberspace (2017, also translated into Chinese); The Obligation to Extradite or Prosecute (2018); International Human Rights Law and Diplomacy (2020); and The Rohingya, Justice and International Law (2021).

Contents:

Preface; Abbreviations; 1. Introduction; 2. Legal bases to assess the lawfulness of unconstitutional usurpation of power; 3. Permissible parameters for judges in post-coup suppression of fundamental rights and freedoms; 4. Availability or non-availability of defences for judges in relation to judicial responsibility post-coups; 5. Amnesties, pardons, immunities and other restrictions on the prosecution of usurpers of power and their accomplices or collaborators; 6. International or extra-territorial criminal prosecution of coups-related crimes of international concern; 7. Epilogue; Index.

Notes:

Electronic reproduction. London Available via World Wide Web.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on February 28, 2023).

Other Format:

Print version: Kriangsak Kittichaisaree, 1958- Judicial responsibility and coups d'état.

ISBN:

9781000836264

1000836266

9781003358428

100335842X

9781000836295

1000836290

Publisher Number:

40031698892

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