By Alexander Zahar, Goran Sluiter

Description

* Draws from a rich and varied range of sources, many of which are analysed here for the first time

* Offers a new and unprecedented critical perspective, equipping students with the tools they need to rapidly engage with the subject

* Written with the insight and authority of practitioners involved with international criminal justice over many years

International Criminal Law is an essential guide to the relatively recent, but rapidly growing field of international criminal justice. Written by leading practitioner-academics directly involved with the International Criminal Tribunals, this book provides students with an invaluable insight into the key features of international criminal law and practice.

Zahar and Sluiter offer an analysis of the tribunals\\\' place in the international legal order and the most important aspects of their substantive law and procedure from an entirely new and critical perspective. Legal doctrines are discussed throughout in relation to their application in real-life situations, encouraging students to engage critically with the subject and relate theory to practice.

An ideal companion for students of international criminal law and justice who are seeking an insider\\\'s perspective on the subject, this book also offers practitioners, academics and policy-makers a clear and challenging account of the new legal landscape.

Readership: Law students taking optional courses in international public law, international criminal law, international humanitarian law, or international law and human rights. Also practitioners in these fields, human rights activists, and NGOs.

Contents

Part One. Introduction to the Tribunals and International Criminal Law

1. International Criminal Tribunals: new faces in the international legal order

2. Participants in international criminal proceedings

3. \"Custom\" and other sources of substantive international criminal law

Part II. Critical Review of the Substantive Law

4. War-crimes law in the new century

5. Genocide law: An education in sentimentalism

6. Rise to prominence of crimes against humanity and codification of \\\'ethnic cleansing\\\'

7. Facets of personal liability for participation in crimes

Part III. Procedure, Evidence, and Defences

8. Due process and human rights

9. Litigation landmarks in the preparation and conduct of trials

10. Evidence in international criminal proceedings

11. Defence practice at the international tribunals

Part IV: Tribunal-state Interactions: Coordination and Impact

12. Relations with national jurisdictions

13. International criminal law and the domestic legal order: the national application of international criminal law

Appendices

Bibliography

Authors, editors, and contributors

Alexander Zahar, Legal Officer in the Chambers of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia in The Hague and

Goran Sluiter, Professor of Law (International Criminal Procedure) at the University of Amsterdam and a judge at the district courts of Utrecht and The Hague

Published Year: 2007 Format: Paper Back ISBN: 978-0-406-95904-1 Publisher: Oxford University Press No of Pages: 584 Our Price: £ 38.99 Reviews: 0 reivew(s).

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