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The International Criminal Court
By
Olympia Bekou and Robert Cryer
Description
The
creation of the International Criminal Court (ICC) in 1998
represented an important step in the international effort to repress
genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity. As there has been
enormous scholarly discussion of the ICC, it is difficult and
time-consuming to obtain the best writing on the subject. This volume
collects the foremost analyses of each part of the ICC to form a
convenient reference tool for all those wishing to understand perhaps
the most important legal development of the past two decades.
Contents
The
International Criminal Court: The birth of the International Criminal
Court: the 1998 Rome conference, Philippe Kirsch and John T. Holmes;
The statute of the International Criminal Court: some preliminary
reflections, Antonio Cassese ; The International Criminal Court: the
secret of its success, William A. Schabas. The Substantive Law of the
International Criminal Court: The Jelisic case and the mens rea of
the crime of genocide, William A. Schabas; Genocide: its particular
intent to destroy in whole or in part the group as such, Otto
Triffterer; Defining \\\'crimes against humanity\\\' at the Rome
conference, Darryl Robinson; War crimes issues before the Rome
diplomatic conference on the establishment of an international
criminal court, Thomas Graditzky; General principles of criminal law
in the Rome statute, Kai Ambos; Superior orders and the International
Criminal court: justice delivered or justice denied, Charles
Garraway. Jurisdiction and Admissibility: Jurisdiction and
cooperation in the statute of the International Criminal Court:
principles and compromises, Hans-Peter Kaul and Claus Kreß; The
jurisdiction of the International Criminal Court over nationals of
non-parties: legal basis and limits, Dapo Akande; Complementarity:
national courts versus the ICC, John T. Holmes. Operation of the
Court: The surrender of war criminals to the International Criminal
Court, Göran Sluiter; Immunities, related problems, and Article
98 of the Rome statute, Steffen Wirth; Occasional remarks on certain
state concerns about the jurisdictional reach of the International
Criminal Court and their possible implications for the relationship
between the Court and the Security council, Morten Bergsmo; The rules
of procedure and evidence of the International Criminal Court, Silvia
A. Fernández de Gurmendi and Håkan Friman. Perspectives
on the Future: The amnesty exception to the jurisdiction of the
International Criminal Court, Michael P. Scharf; The risks and the
weaknesses of the International Criminal Court from America\\\'s
perspective, John R. Bolton; The United States and international
criminal justice, David P. Forsythe; The Security Council and the
International Criminal Court: who\\\'s feeling threatened?, Robert Cryer
and Nigel D. White ; Name index.
Reviews
\\\'...invaluable
source and reference material...\\\' Science & Justice
‘...the
organisation and coverage are sensible and well thought out.’
Law and Politics Book Review
‘...[an]
excellent collection on the various aspects of environmental law.’
Built Environment
About the Author/Editor
Olympia
Bekou is Lecturer in Law at the School of Law, University of
Nottingham, UK. Dr Robert Cryer is also from the School of Law,
University of Nottingham, UK.
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