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Principles of International Criminal Law
By
Gerhard Werle, Florian Jessberger, Wulf Burchards,
Description
During the last
decade international criminal law has developed rapidly. Principles
of International Criminal Law takes up these developments to provide
comprehensive coverage of substantive international criminal law.
Gerhard Werle deals with the general principles of international
criminal law as well as with individual crimes, such as genocide,
crimes against humanity, war crimes and the crime of aggression.
Fundamental issues, such as the evolution, sources and enforcement of
international criminal law are included. The book analyzes the Rome
Statute of the International Criminal Court as well as customary
international law. The case law of the ICTY and the ICTR as well as
that of several national courts is extensively covered. The
systematic and thorough approach adopted by the author makes this
book indispensable for anyone involved in and interested in the
attainment and development of international criminal law.
• A
comprehensive examination of international criminal law • A
unique reference work and textbook in one easy volume • Includes
essential appendices for tables of relevant cases, statutes and
international instruments
Contents
Table of
abbreviations; Part I. Foundations: A. Historical evolution; B.
Concepts, tasks and legitimacy; C. International criminal law and the
international legal order; D. Sources and interpretation; E.
Universal jurisdiction, the duty to prosecute, and amnesty; F.
Enforcement; G. Domestic implementation; Part II. General Principles:
A. Towards a general theory of crimes under international law; B.
Material elements; C. Mental element; D. Individual criminal
responsibility; E. Superior responsibility; F. Grounds for excluding
criminal responsibility; G. Inchoate crimes; H. Omissions; I.
Official capacity and immunity; J. Multiplicity of offenses; K.
Requirements for prosecution; Part III. Genocide: A. Introduction; B.
Material elements; C. Mental element; D. Incitement to commit
genocide; E. Multiplicity of offenses; Part IV. Crimes Against
Humanity: A. Introduction; B. Contextual element (attack on a
civilian population); C. Individual acts; D. Multiplicity of
offenses; Part V. War Crimes: A. Introduction; B. Overall
requirements; C. War crimes against persons; D. War crimes against
property and other rights; E. Employing prohibited methods of
warfare; F. Use of prohibited means of warfare; G. War crimes against
humanitarian operations; H. Multiplicity of offenses; Part VI. The
Crime of Aggression: A. The prohibition of aggression under
international law; B. Criminal responsibility under customary
international law (war of aggression); C. The crime of aggression in
the ICC statute - prospects; Appendix 1. Materials; Appendix 2. Table
of cases; Appendix 3. Table of statutes and international
instruments; Appendix 4. Index; Appendix 5. International criminal
law in the world wide web.
Review
\\\' … the
book\\\'s structure and style allow for its use both as a reference work
and as a practitioner\\\'s manual … the author\\\'s scholarly
modesty in naming his treatise Principles of International Criminal
Law (emphasises added) deserves a particular mention. Professors Ian
Browlie and Eric David had both previously adopted similar titles for
their classical monographs on the law of peace and the law of armed
conflict. If the experience of those modestly-named volumes is a any
guide, Principles of International Criminal Law may also have a very
successful future ahead. Journal of International Criminal Justice
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