Can we achieve justice during war? Should law substitute for "realpolitik""?" Can an international court act against the global community that created it? "Justice in a Time of War" is a translation from the French of the first complete, behind-the-scenes story of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia, from its proposal by Balkan journalist Mirko Klarin through recent developments in the first trial of its ultimate quarry, Slobodan Milosevic. It is also a meditation on the conflicting intersection of law and politics in achieving justice and peace. "Le...
Can we achieve justice during war? Should law substitute for "realpolitik""?" Can an international court act against the global community that created...
Volume 2 addresses jurisdiction and the various mechanisms and modalities of international cooperation in penal matters, which for all practical purposes, apply to both the direct and indirect enforcement methods of ICL. These mechanisms and modalities of international cooperation are used not only in bilateral interstate cooperation in penal matters but they are also employed by international tribunals, including the ICC, in their relations with states. This volume is divided into 5 chapters which are titled as: Chapter 1: Policies and Modalities (Modalities of International Cooperation in...
Volume 2 addresses jurisdiction and the various mechanisms and modalities of international cooperation in penal matters, which for all practical purpo...
Volume 1 deals with international crimes. It contains several significant contributions on the theoretical and doctrinal aspects of ICL which precede the five chapters addressing some of the major categories of international crimes. The first two chapters address: the sources and subjects of ICL and its substantive contents.The other five chapters address: Chapter 3 - The Crime Against Peace and Aggression (The Crime Against Peace and Aggression: From its Origins to the ICC, and The Crime of Aggression and the International Criminal Court); Chapter 4 - War Crimes, Crimes Against Humanity &...
Volume 1 deals with international crimes. It contains several significant contributions on the theoretical and doctrinal aspects of ICL which precede ...
The definitive treatise on international criminal law, M. Cherif Bassiouni's unique 3- volume collection is now in its third edition. Written by more than 50 outstanding authorities from 19 countries, it covers the entire field, from the theory of what makes a crime "international" to the step-by-step conduct of an international prosecution. Its in-depth coverage includes: analysis of the doctrinal basis of international criminal law the historical development of international criminal law and policy detailed treatment of 16 crimes that have been given international jurisdiction, including...
The definitive treatise on international criminal law, M. Cherif Bassiouni's unique 3- volume collection is now in its third edition. Written by more ...
The emergence of a global community is accompanied by a realization that greater cooperation is essential to its welfare. This is particularly true in the area of crime prevention and control. The increase in international, transnational, transboundary and national crime has contributed to a genuine growth in the body of international criminal law. The most effective way to combat such crimes is for states to accept an obligation to try international criminal law offenders before their own courts or surrender them for trial before the courts of another state or an international court. Until...
The emergence of a global community is accompanied by a realization that greater cooperation is essential to its welfare. This is particularly true in...
This book contains a collection of articles by authors from countries in Africa. The topics cover a wide range of issues in the administration of criminal justice and human rights. The different scholarly contributions facilitate a better understanding of certain aspects of the administration of criminal justice in the African sub-region and focus on specific human rights issues as they relate to international and African instruments on the protection of human rights.
This book contains a collection of articles by authors from countries in Africa. The topics cover a wide range of issues in the administration of crim...
Thirty scholars and experts discuss and provide wide-ranging views on a variety of accountability measures: the establishment of ad hoc criminal tribunals for the Former Yugoslavia and Rwanda; truth commissions in South Africa and El Salvador; and lustration laws for the former Czechoslovakia and Germany after its reunification. Also discussed are amnesty for previous crimes and accountability, post-conflict justice involving issues pertaining to the restoration of law and order, and the rebuilding of failed national justice systems. In addition, the book also contains an important set of...
Thirty scholars and experts discuss and provide wide-ranging views on a variety of accountability measures: the establishment of ad hoc criminal tribu...
A total of 84 documents are reproduced here including arms control agreements, regional peace and security agreements, and forces reduction agreements, as well as 34 instruments controlling particular weapons. In addition, explanatory charts help the researcher to locate instruments according to specific criteria such as penal characteristics, applicability (war and peace), and extent of ratification. Published under the Transnational Publishers imprint.
A total of 84 documents are reproduced here including arms control agreements, regional peace and security agreements, and forces reduction agreements...
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Since the attacks on the World Trade Center in September 2001, Jihad has become the symbol of the confrontation between Muslims and the West. The concept of Jihad has been central to many modern conflicts, including that of resistance to US occupation of Iraq and the Palestinian struggle for self-determination. According to the most popular view, Jihad ideology represents a religiously sanctioned aggressive war to propagate or defend faith. However, the meaning of Jihad is not as straightforward as proponents of the clash of...
Hague Academic Press, a T.M.C. Asser Press imprint
Since the attacks on the World Trade Center in September 2001, Jihad has become the symbol...
An extensive body of law designed to control international terror violence has come into being, and it is this assembly of reports and resolutions, conventions and scattered treaty provisions that we must rely on as we move toward an enforceable, unambiguous anti-"terrorism" regime in international law. These legal instruments are gathered together for the first time in this definitive two volume set. The only published source of all United Nations documentation since 1972 on the subject of "terrorism"--including all 180 reports and resolutions adopted since that date and up to June 2001....
An extensive body of law designed to control international terror violence has come into being, and it is this assembly of reports and resolutions, co...
