Research Catalog

Title

Principles of Islamic international criminal law : a comparative search / by Farhad Malekian.

Author

Malekian, Farhad.

Publication

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2011.

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Details

Description

xxiv, 452 p.; 25 cm.

Series Statement

Brill's Arab and Islamic laws series, 1871-2894 ; v. 5

Uniform Title

Brill's Arab and Islamic laws series ; v. 5.

Subject

• International crimes (Islamic law)
• International criminal law (Islamic law)

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 438-447) and index.

Contents

The nature of Islamic international law -- Principles of Islamic international law -- Islamic philosophy of law in relation to Islamic international law -- Sources of Islamic public international law -- Islamic international law within municipal law -- International status of state sovereignty -- Subjects of the law -- Human rights law -- The discipline of Islamic international criminal law -- Aggression -- War crimes -- Unlawful use of weapons -- Crimes against humanity -- Slavery -- Genocide -- Apartheid -- Torture -- Crimes against internationally protected persons -- Taking of hostages -- Drug offences -- Trafficking in persons and pornography -- Crimes against natural environments -- Crimes against foodstuffs -- Criminalization of alcohol consumption -- Piracy -- Limitations of hostilities in the conduct of states -- Institution of protections -- Humanitarian protections of prisoners of war -- Islamic criminal jurisdiction within the ICC -- The mechanisms of the trial -- Rights of the accused -- Basis of criminal accountability -- Punishments.

ISBN

• 9789004203969 (hardcover : alk. paper)
• 9004203966 (hardcover : alk. paper)

LCCN

2011012486

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library