Universal jurisdiction
Subtitle: international and municipal legal perspectives
By: Luc Reydams.
Series: Oxford monographs in international law
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Oxford; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 258
Subjects: Criminal jurisdiction; Jurisdiction (International law); Exterritoriality
Description: This study is a about the ambit of national criminal law. Can a country prosecute and punish a foreigner for a crime committed abroad against another foreigner? This book develops an international legal framework for the problem and examines in great detail the practice in fourteen countries including the US and leading European and Commonwealth jurisdictions.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [233]-246) and index.