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The second edition of this concise and well-loved textbook has been
enhanced and developed while continuing to offer a fresh and
accessible approach to international law, providing students with a
uniquely holistic understanding of the field. Starting with the
legal principles that underpin each strand of international law,
and putting this into a real-life context, this textbook builds an
understanding of how the international legal system operates and
where it is heading. It guides readers through the theoretical
foundations and development of international law norms, while also
explaining clearly how the law works in practice. Key Features:
Further reading and discussion topics for each chapter A focus on
legal theory and how it intersects with the practice of
international law A new chapter providing an extensive and
up-to-date explanation of the specialised areas of international
law An integrated and contextual examination of the political and
extra-legal dimensions of the international legal system The latest
treaties, case studies and analysis, including critical current
issues such as the COVID-19 pandemic and global health, and climate
change Taking into account the burgeoning literature, cases and
legislative developments in public international law in the decade
since its first publication, this edition offers new tools to help
students embed their understanding, as well as new material on
specialised areas of international law. This book is the perfect
companion for students to learn international law in context, and
for practitioners who want a firm theoretical foundation on which
to base their practice.
The second edition of this concise and well-loved textbook has been
enhanced and developed while continuing to offer a fresh and
accessible approach to international law, providing students with a
uniquely holistic understanding of the field. Starting with the
legal principles that underpin each strand of international law,
and putting this into a real-life context, this textbook builds an
understanding of how the international legal system operates and
where it is heading. It guides readers through the theoretical
foundations and development of international law norms, while also
explaining clearly how the law works in practice. Key Features:
Further reading and discussion topics for each chapter A focus on
legal theory and how it intersects with the practice of
international law A new chapter providing an extensive and
up-to-date explanation of the specialised areas of international
law An integrated and contextual examination of the political and
extra-legal dimensions of the international legal system The latest
treaties, case studies and analysis, including critical current
issues such as the COVID-19 pandemic and global health, and climate
change Taking into account the burgeoning literature, cases and
legislative developments in public international law in the decade
since its first publication, this edition offers new tools to help
students embed their understanding, as well as new material on
specialised areas of international law. This book is the perfect
companion for students to learn international law in context, and
for practitioners who want a firm theoretical foundation on which
to base their practice.
What is international criminal justice? The authors of this book
set out a framework for understanding international criminal
justice in all its facets. Considering both definition and content,
the authors argue for its treatment as a holistic field of study,
rather than a by-product of international criminal law. Adopting a
multidisciplinary approach, this book draws on a range of legal and
extra-legal disciplines. Whilst addressing crucial legal questions
throughout, it also considers the role and impact of politics,
history, psychology, terrorism, transitioning society, and even the
idea of hope in how we understand international criminal justice.
Challenging many of the prevalent paradigms of thinking in this
area, Gideon Boas and Pascale Chifflet explore whether it is
possible to reconcile some of the enduring intellectual conflict,
such as whether and how retributive and restorative approaches to
justice can co-exist. Written by leading academics who themselves
are also practitioners in the field, this unique work performs a
significant role in defining and explaining international criminal
justice, and as such will be important reading for scholars and
practitioners, as well as providing an entry point for students in
a classroom environment.
International criminal justice indeed is a crowded field. But this
edited collection stands well above the crowd. And it does so with
dignity. Through interdisciplinary analysis, the editors skillfully
turn shibboleths into intrigues. Theirs is a kaleidoscopic project
that scales a gamut of issues: from courtroom discipline, to
gender, to the defense, to history. Through vivid deployment of
unconventional methods, this edited collection unsettles
conventional wisdom. It thereby pushes law and policy toward
heartier horizons.' - Mark A. Drumbl, Washington and Lee
University, School of Law, USInternational criminal justice as a
discipline throws up numerous conceptual issues, engaging
disciplines such as law, politics, history, sociology and
psychology, to name but a few. This book addresses themes around
international criminal justice from a mixture of traditional and
more radical perspectives. While law, and in particular
international law, is at the heart of much of the discussion around
this topic, history, sociology and politics are invariably infused
and, in some aspects of international criminal justice, are
predominant elements. Fundamentally the exploration concerns
questions of coherence and legitimacy, which are foundational to
both the content and application of the discipline, and the book
charts an illuminating path through these diverse perspectives. The
contributions in this book come from some of the eminent scholars
and practitioners in the area, and will provide some profound
insight into and an enriched understanding of international
criminal justice, helping to advance the field of study. This
ambitious and necessary book will appeal to academics and students
of international criminal law, international criminal justice,
international law, transitional justice and comparative criminal
law, as well as practitioners of international criminal law.
Contributors include: G. Boas, I. Bonomy, R. Cryer, H. Durham, S.
Garkawe, M. Ierace, P. Morrissey, J. Potter, B. Saul, M. Scharf, G.
Simpson, G. Skillen
Public International Law offers a comprehensive understanding of
international law as well as a fresh and highly accessible
approach. While explaining the theory and development of
international law, this work also examines how it functions in
practice. Case studies and recent examples are infused in the
discussion on each topic, and critical perspectives on the
principles are given prominence, building an understanding of how
and why the international legal system operates in the way it does
and where it is heading. The book explains the theoretical
foundations for each principle in detail before illustrating how
these principles function in practice. Features include: - a focus
on fundamental principles of international law rather than
specialist sub-topics - integrated and contextual explanation of
the political and extra-legal dimensions of the international legal
system - principles of international law placed within a
contemporary real-life context - traditional and contemporary case
studies explained in the context of legal principles - uniform
structure to facilitate understanding. With insight founded on the
author's many years of experience as a practitioner and academic in
the field of international law, this work will offer legal
practitioners, policy makers and students, both undergraduate and
postgraduate, an invaluable insight into the field of international
law.
Volume II of the International Criminal Law Practitioner Library
series focuses on the core categories of international crimes:
crimes against humanity, genocide, and war crimes. The authors
present a comprehensive and critical review of the law on the
elements of these crimes and their underlying offences, and examine
how they interact with the forms of responsibility discussed in
Volume I. They also consider the effect of the focus in early ICTY
and ICTR proceedings on relatively low-level accused for the
development of legal definitions that are sometimes ill-suited for
leadership cases, where the accused had little or no physical
involvement in the crimes. The book's main focus is the
jurisprudence of the ad hoc Tribunals, but the approaches of the
ICC and the various hybrid tribunals are also given significant
attention. The relevant jurisprudence up to 1 December 2007 has
been surveyed, making this a highly useful and timely work.
A comprehensive and invaluable reference work for practitioners,
academics, and students of international criminal law, this series
critically examines a complex and important legal area. Volume I
considers the criminal responsibility of individuals for the
commission of war crimes, crimes against humanity, and genocide;
Volume II focuses on these core international crimes and discusses
their interaction with the forms of responsibility; and Volume III
provides an evaluation of international criminal procedure and the
rules and practices designed to ensure effective investigations and
fair trials.
Volume I of the International Criminal Law Practitioner Library
series focuses on the law of individual criminal responsibility
applied in international criminal law, providing a thorough review
of the forms of criminal responsibility. The authors present a
critical analysis of the elements of individual criminal
responsibility as set out in the statutory instruments of the
international and hybrid criminal courts and tribunals and their
jurisprudence. All elements are discussed, demystifying and
untangling some of the confusion in the jurisprudence and
literature on the forms of responsibility. The jurisprudence of the
ICTY and the ICTR is the main focus of the book. Every trial and
appeal judgement, as well as relevant interlocutory jurisprudence,
up to 1 December 2006, has been surveyed, as has the relevant
jurisprudence of other tribunals and the provisions in the legal
instruments of the ICC, making this a highly relevant work.
When Slobodan Milosevic died in the United Nations Detention Unit
in The Hague over four years after his trial had begun, many feared
- and some hoped - that international criminal justice was
experiencing some sort of death itself. Yet the Milosevic case, the
first trial of a former head of state by a truly international
criminal tribunal and one of the most complex and lengthy war
crimes trials in history, stands for much in the development and
the future of international criminal justice, both politically and
legally. This book, written by the senior legal advisor working for
the Trial Chamber, analyses the trial to determine what lessons can
be learnt that will improve the fair and expeditious conduct of
complex international criminal proceedings brought against former
heads of state and senior political and military officials, and
develops reforms for the future achievement of best practice in
international criminal law.
A comprehensive and invaluable reference work for practitioners,
academics and students of international criminal law, this series
critically examines a complex and important legal area. Volume I
considers the criminal responsibility of individuals for the
commission of war crimes, crimes against humanity, and genocide;
Volume II focuses on these core international crimes and discusses
their interaction with the forms of responsibility; and Volume III
provides an evaluation of international criminal procedure and the
rules and practices designed to ensure effective investigations and
fair trials.
Volume II of the International Criminal Law Practitioner Library
series focuses on the core categories of international crimes:
crimes against humanity, genocide, and war crimes. The authors
present a comprehensive and critical review of the law on the
elements of these crimes and their underlying offences, and examine
how they interact with the forms of responsibility discussed in
Volume I. They also consider the effect of the focus in early ICTY
and ICTR proceedings on relatively low-level accused for the
development of legal definitions that are sometimes ill-suited for
leadership cases, where the accused had little or no physical
involvement in the crimes. The book's main focus is the
jurisprudence of the ad hoc Tribunals, but the approaches of the
ICC and the various hybrid tribunals are also given significant
attention. The relevant jurisprudence up to 1 December 2007 has
been surveyed, making this a highly useful and timely work.
Volume I of the International Criminal Law Practitioner Library
series focuses on the law of individual criminal responsibility
applied in international criminal law, providing a thorough review
of the forms of criminal responsibility. The authors present a
critical analysis of the elements of individual criminal
responsibility as set out in the statutory instruments of the
international and hybrid criminal courts and tribunals and their
jurisprudence. All elements are discussed, demystifying and
untangling some of the confusion in the jurisprudence and
literature on the forms of responsibility. The jurisprudence of the
ICTY and the ICTR is the main focus of the book. Every trial and
appeal judgement, as well as relevant interlocutory jurisprudence,
up to 1 December 2006, has been surveyed, as has the relevant
jurisprudence of other tribunals and the provisions in the legal
instruments of the ICC, making this a highly relevant and timely
work.
When Slobodan Milosevic died in the United Nations Detention Unit
in The Hague over four years after his trial had begun, many feared
- and some hoped - that international criminal justice was
experiencing some sort of death itself. Yet the Milosevic case, the
first trial of a former head of state by a truly international
criminal tribunal and one of the most complex and lengthy war
crimes trials in history, stands for much in the development and
the future of international criminal justice, both politically and
legally. This book, written by the senior legal advisor working for
the Trial Chamber, analyses the trial to determine what lessons can
be learnt that will improve the fair and expeditious conduct of
complex international criminal proceedings brought against former
heads of state and senior political and military officials, and
develops reforms for the future achievement of best practice in
international criminal law.
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