The permanent international criminal court : legal and policy issues
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The permanent international criminal court : legal and policy issues
(Studies in international law, v. 5)
Hart, 2004
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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.
Table of Contents
Introduction
Dominic McGoldrick and Peter Rowe
Part I - The Origins and Development of the Permanent International Criminal Court
1. Criminal Trials Before International Tribunals:Legality and Legitimacy
Dominic McGoldrick
2. Politics, Sovereignty, Remembrance
Gerry Simpson
Part II - Jurisdiction and Admissibility
3. Jurisdiction and Admissibility Issues Under The ICC Statute
Iain Cameron
4. The Peace and Justice Paradox: The International Criminal Court and the UN Security Council
Dan Sarooshi
Part III - The Crimes
5. The Unfinished Work of Defining Aggression: How Many Times Must The Cannonballs Fly, Before They Are Forever Banned?
William A Schabas
6. The Crime of Genocide
Christine Byron
7. Crimes Against Humanity
Timothy LH McCormack
8. War Crimes
Peter Rowe
Part IV - Liability and Defences
9. General Principles of Liability in International Criminal Law
Robert Cryer
10. Defences in International Criminal Law
Ilias Bantekas
Part V - Evidence and Victims
11. Evidence Before the ICC
Kevin R Gray
12. Victim Participation at the International Criminal Court: A Triumph of Hope Over Experience?
Emily Haslam
Part VI - National Implementation and Political Responses
13. Aspects of National Implementation of the Rome Statute: The United Kingdom and Selected Other States
David Turns
14. Political and Legal Responses to the ICC
Dominic McGoldrick
Part VII - The Significance of the International Criminal Court
15. The Legal and Political Significance of a Permanent International Criminal Court
Dominic McGoldrick
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