Synopses & Reviews
An invaluable reference work for practitioners, academics and students of international criminal law, it untangles and demystifies a complex and important legal area. Volume 1 examines the criminal responsibility of individuals for the commission of war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide; Volume 2 focuses on the core international crimes and their interaction with the forms of responsibility; and Volume 3 provides a critical review of international criminal procedure and the rules and practices designed to ensure effective investigations and fair trials.
Review
"This book could not be more timely or important. International criminal law is one of the fastest growing areas of international law, with enormously important implications for practitioners and politicians alike. Here at last is a book that can serve both as a scholarly reference and a practitioners' manual, simplifying the complexities of multiple decisions from multiple tribunals and systematizing the law governing both individual criminal responsibility and the elements of international crimes."
--Anne-Marie Slaughter, Dean, Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton UniversityReview
"...The first volume looks at forms of responsibility in international law, i.e. the much-discussed joint criminal enterprise, superior responsibility, aiding and abetting, etc....There is a lot of commendable critical engagement with the case law and literature and the praise by John Duggard in his foreword (p. xvi) is certainly desrved....All in all, one of the more refreshing publications in the field that deserves a wide readership..."
---M. Bohlander, International Criminal Law Review 8 (2008) 699-712Review
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--ASIL Newsletter [ISSUE #39: May 2009]Synopsis
An examination of the criminal responsibility of individuals for the commission of war crimes etc.
Synopsis
This three-volume series examines the criminal responsibility of individuals for the commission of war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide; the definitions of those categories of crimes and their underlying offences under international law; and the procedural rules governing trials at the principal international criminal tribunals and courts.
Synopsis
This book examines the criminal responsibility of individuals for the commission of war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide. An invaluable reference work for practitioners, academics and students of international criminal law, it untangles and demystifies a complex and important legal area.
About the Author
Gideon Boas is a Senior Fellow of the Asia Pacific Centre for Military Law, University of Melbourne Law Faculty, a Sessional Lecturer at Monash University Faculty of Law, and a Senior Consultant, Education and Training, with Potter Farrelly & Associates.James L. Bischoff is an Attorney-Adviser in the Office of the Legal Adviser of the United States Department of State. He participated in this series in his personal capacity, and the views expressed are his and his co-authors' own. They do not necessarily reflect the views or official positions of the United States Department of State or the United States Government.Natalie L. Reid is an Associate with Debevoise & Plimpton LLP, New York.
Table of Contents
Volume 1: 1. Introduction; 2. Joint criminal enterprise; 3. Superior responsibility; 4. Complicity and aiding and abetting; 5. Planning, instigating and ordering; 6. Concurrent convictions and sentencing; 7. Conclusion; 8. Annexes; Volume 2: 1. An overview of crimes under international law; 2. Crimes against humanity; 3. Genocide; 4. War crimes; 5. Cumulative convictions and sentencing; 6. Conclusion; Volume 3: 1. The nature of international criminal procedure; 2. Creation and amendment of rules of international criminal procedure; 3. Procedures related to primacy and complementarity; 4. Investigations, rights of suspects, and detention; 5. Defence counsel, amici curiae, and the different forms of representation of accused; 6. Pre-trial proceedings; 7. Trial proceedings; 8. The role and status of victims in international criminal procedure; 9. Evidence; 10. Judgement and sentencing; 11. Appeal and revision; 12. Conclusion.