The Slave Trade, Abolition and the Long History of International Criminal Law: The Recaptive and the Victim

ISBN-13: 9781032088747 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 156 str.

Emily Haslam

Opis

This book shows that efforts to deliver justice through international criminal law continue to　face considerable challenges and raise　testing questions about the construction – and alternative construction – of victims.

Spis treści

1 Rethinking International Criminal Legal History;

2 Where It All Began: Prize;

3 The Piracy Analogy and the Slave Trade;

4 Mixed Commissions and the Expansion of Intervention;

5 After Seizure: The Hazards of Recaptivity;

6 Prize, Property and the Economies of Slave Trade Repression;

7 Back to the Present: Recaptives, Victims and Creditors;

8 Conclusion;

O autorze

Dr Emily Haslam is a Senior Lecturer in International Law at Kent Law School. Her research interests lie in the field of international criminal law, international legal history and civil society. She has extensive experience teaching international law, international criminal law and transnational criminal law.