Gerhard Werle, Florian Jeßberger

Principles of International Criminal Law

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Principles of International Criminal Law is one of the leading textbooks in the field of international criminal justice. This fourth edition retains the detailed and systematic approach of previous editions, whist adding substantial new material on new theories, laws, and prosecutions.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Hurst & Co.
• 4th edition
• Seitenzahl: 720
• Erscheinungstermin: 9. Dezember 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 247mm x 180mm x 47mm
• Gewicht: 1447g
• ISBN-13: 9780198826859
• ISBN-10: 0198826850
• Artikelnr.: 59587015

Autorenporträt

Gerhard Werle is Professor Emeritus at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin where he held the Chair in German and International Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure, and Modern Legal History from 1993 to 2020. He has been a visiting professor at various universities worldwide, including Columbia Law School, New York; Kansai University, Osaka; University of Sydney; University of Technology, Sydney; University of Cape Town; and University of the Western Cape, Cape Town. He serves as the Director of the South African-German Research Network for Transnational Criminal Justice and was a member of the Working Group on the Introduction of a Code of Crimes Against International Law established by the German Federal Ministry of Justice. His works on international criminal law, transitional justice, and modern legal history have been published widely in many languages. Florian Jeßberger is the Director of the Franz von Liszt-Institute for International Criminal Law and holds the Chair in Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure, International Criminal Law, and Modern Legal History at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin. A co-editor of the Journal of International Criminal Justice, he has published widely on issues of German, international, and comparative criminal law. Before joining Humboldt-Universität, he held the Chair in Criminal Law, International Criminal Law, and Modern Legal History at Universität Hamburg where he also served as a Vice Dean. He was a visiting fellow or professor, inter alia, at the University of Oxford, the University of Ferrara, and the University of Naples Féderico II.

Inhaltsangabe

1: Foundations
2: General Principles
3: Genocide
4: Crimes Against Humanity
5: War Crimes
6: The Crime of Aggression

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Foundations.- A. Historical Evolution of International Criminal Law.- B. Concepts, Tasks and Legitimacy.- C. International Criminal Law and the International Legal Order.- D. Sources and Interpretation.- E. Universal Jurisdiction, the Duty to Prosecute, Transitional Justice.- F. Enforcement.- G. Domestic Implementation.- General Principles.- A. Towards a General Theory of Crimes Under International Law.- B. Material Elements.- C. Mental Element.- D. Individual Criminal Responsibility.- E. Superior Responsibility.- F. Grounds for Excluding Criminal Responsibility.- G. Inchoate Crimes.- H. Omissions.- I. Official Capacity and Immunity.- J. Multiplicity of Offenses.- K. Requirements for Prosecution.- Genocide.- A. Introduction.- B. Material Elements.- C. Mental Element.- D. Incitement to Commit Genocide.- E. Multiplicity of Offenses.- Crimes Against Humanity.- A. Introduction.- B. Contextual Element (Attack on a Civilian Population).- C. Individual Acts.- D. Multiplicity of Offenses.- War Crimes.- A. Introduction.- B. Overall Requirements.- C. War Crimes Against Persons.- D. War Crimes Against Property and Other Rights.- E. Employing Prohibited Methods of Warfare.- F. Use of Prohibited Means of Warfare.- G. War Crimes Against Humanitarian Operations.- H. Multiplicity of Offenses.- The Crime of Aggression.- A. The Prohibition of Aggression Under International Law.- B. Criminal Responsibility Under Customary International Law (War of Aggression).- C. The Crime of Aggression in the ICC Statute - Prospects.

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1. Foundations; 2. General principles; 3. Genocide; 4. Crimes against humanity; 5. War crimes; 6. The crime of aggression; 7. Appendices.