International criminal procedure
Subtitle: the interface of civil law and common law legal systems
By: edited by Linda Carter, Professor of Law and Co-Director, Global Center for Business and Development, University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law, Sacramento, California, USA; Fausto Pocar, Professor of International Law, University of Milan, Italy and Appeals Judge, International Criminal Tribunals for the former Yugoslavia and for Rwanda
Publisher: Edward Elgar; Elgar Publishing, Incorporated, Edward
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Cheltenham, UK; Northampton, MA, USA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 246
ISBN-13: 9780857939579; 9780857939586
Subjects: Criminal procedure (International law); Law; European influences; American influences
Description: International Criminal Procedure, edited by two insiders to international criminal proceedings, Professor Linda Carter and Professor Fausto Pocar, a judge at the ICTY and a former President of this Tribunal, is a coherently organized, well-researched, very informative and not the least elegantly-written contribution to a young and rapidly developing legal sub-discipline. The book provides its reader with a highly accessible and up-to date introduction into key elements of international criminal procedure as well as with critical commentary and rich inspiration for improvements of current practices. Claus Kress LL. M. (Cantab.), University of Cologne, Germany and Institute for International Peace and Security Law This book addresses compelling issues that have come before international criminal tribunals. They include the self-representation of accused persons, plea bargaining and victim participation.^ It usefully approaches all of the issues and problems from a comparative law perspective. This excellent and accessible work is essential reading for practitioners, faculty and students of international criminal law. Richard Goldstone, Retired Justice of the Constitutional Court of South Africa and for Chief Prosecutor of the International Criminal Tribunals for the former Yugoslavia and for Rwanda The emergence of international criminal courts, beginning with the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia and including the International Criminal Court, has also brought an evolving international criminal procedure. In this book, the authors examine selected issues that reflect a blending of, or choice between, civil law and common law models of procedure.^ The topics include background on civil law and common law legal systems; plea bargaining; witness proofing; written and oral evidence; self-representation and the use of assigned, standby, and amicus counsel; the role of victims; and the right to appeal. International Criminal Procedure will appeal to academics, students, researchers, lawyers and judges working in the field of international criminal law.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The challenge of shaping procedures in international criminal courts / Fausto Pocar and Linda Carter; title: Plea bargaining / Jenia Iontcheva Turner; title: Witness proofing / Hannah Garry; title: Written and oral evidence / Guido Acquaviva; title: Self-representation and the use of assigned, standby and amicus counsel / Charles Chernor Jalloh; title: The role of victims / Sigall Horovitz; title: Right to appeal / Magali Maystre.