The permanent International Criminal Court
Subtitle: legal and policy issues
By: edited by Dominic McGoldrick, Peter Rowe, and Eric Donnelly.
Contributors: McGoldrick, Dominic.; Rowe, P. J.; Donnelly, Eric.
Series: Studies in international law ;; v. 5; Studies in international law (Oxford, England) ;; v. 5.
Publisher: Hart Pub.; Hart Publishing
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Oxford; Portland, Or
Language: eng
Number of pages: 498
Subjects: International Criminal Court.; International criminal courts.; International offenses.; Criminal jurisdiction.
Description: "The idea of an International Criminal Court has captured the international legal imagination for over a century. In 1998 it became a reality with the adoption of the Rome Statute. This book critically examines the fundamental legal and policy issues involved in the establishment and functioning of the Permanent International Criminal Court. Detailed consideration is given to the history of war crimes trials and their place in the system of international law,the legal and political significance of a permanent ICC, the legality and legitimacy of war crimes trials, the tensions and conflicts involved in negotiating the ICC Statute, the general principles of legality, the scope of defences, evidential dilemmas, the perspective of victims, the nature and scope of the offences within the ICC's jurisdiction - aggression, genocide, war crimes, crimes against humanity, questions of admissibility and theories of jurisdiction, the principle of complementarity, national implementation of the Statute in a range of jurisdictions, and national and international responses to the ICC. The expert contributors are drawn from a range of national jurisdictions - UK, Sweden, Canada, and Australia. The book blends detailed legal analysis with practical and policy perspectives and offers an authoritative complement to the extensive commentaries on the ICC Statute."--Bloomsbury Publishing.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Criminal trials before international tribunals : legality and legitimacy / Dominic McGoldrick; title: Politics, sovereignty, remembrance / Gerry Simpson; title: Jurisdiction and admissibility issues under the ICC Statute / Iain Cameron; title: The peace and justice paradox : the International Criminal Court and the UN Security Council / Dan Sarooshi; title: The unfinished work of defining aggression : how many times must the cannonballs fly, before they are forever banned? / William A. Schabas; title: The crime of genocide / Christine Byron; title: Crimes against humanity / Timothy L.H. McCormack; title: War crimes / Peter Rowe; title: General principles of liability in international criminal law / Robert Cryer; title: Defences in international criminal law / Ilias Bantekas; title: Evidence before the ICC / Kevin R. Gray; title: Victim participation at the International Criminal Court : a triumph of hope over experience? / Emily Haslam; title: Aspects of national implementation of the Rome Statute : the United Kingdom and selected other states / David Turns; title: Political and legal responses to the ICC / Dominic McGoldrick; title: The legal and political significance of a permanent International Criminal Court / Dominic McGoldrick.