| Title : | International criminal law |
| Material Type: | printed text |
| Authors: | Antonio Cassese, Author |
| Publisher: | Oxford [UK] : Oxford University Press |
| Publication Date: | 2003 |
| Pagination: | lvi, 472 p. |
| Size: | 25 cm |
| ISBN (or other code): | 978-0-19-925911-3 |
| General note: | Includes bibliographical references
Includes index (p. 549-472) |
| Languages : | English (eng) Original Language : English (eng) |
| Descriptors: | International crimes
International criminal courts
International offenses
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| Class number: | 345 |
| Abstract: | This is an account of the principles governing international criminal law. Adopting a combination of common law and theoretical approaches, it expounds the fundamentals of the subject, providing a theoretical framework to the rules, principles, concepts, and legal constructs. |
| Contents note: | Introduction; The reaction of the international community to atrocities; Fundamentals of international criminal law; Substantive criminal law: War crimes; Crimes against humanity; Genocide; Other international crimes (aggression, torture, and terrorism); General principles; Mens rea; Perpetration and other modalities of criminal conduct; Criminal liability for omissions; Multiplicity of offences; Circumstances excluding criminal liability: justifications and excuses; Other excuses: superior order, necessity, duress, and mistake; Immunities; Prosecution and punishment by national courts; Legal grounds of jurisdiction; The impact of international law on national legislation; Legal impediments to the exercise of national jurisdiction; Prosecution and punishment by international courts; The establishment of international criminal tribunals; International versus national jurisdiction; International criminal trials; The adoption of the fundamental features of the adversarial system at the international level; The general principles governing international criminal trials; Stages of international proceedings in outline; The outlook for international criminal justice; Index; |
| Record link: | https://library.seeu.edu.mk/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=7289 |
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