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Principles of international criminal law

Title
Principles of international criminal law / by Gerhard Werle, in cooperation with Boris Burghardt [and others].
Author
Werle, Gerhard.
Publication
The Hague ; West Nyack, NY : TMC Asser Press, ©2009.

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Description
xxvi, 633 pages; 25 cm
Summary
First edition published in 2005 by same publisher.
Subject
  • Criminal procedure (International law)
  • Criminal law > International unification
  • Völkerstrafrecht
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
I. Foundations. Historical evolution of international criminal law -- Concepts, tasks and legitimacy -- International criminal law and the international legal order -- Sources and interpretation -- Universal jurisdiction, the duty to prosecute, transitional justice -- Enforcement -- Domestic implementation -- II. General principles. Towards a general theory of crimes under international law -- Material elements -- Mental element -- Individual criminal responsibility -- Superior responsibility -- Grounds for excluding criminal responsibility -- Inchoate crimes -- Omissions -- Official capacity and immunity -- Multiplicity of offenses -- Requirements for prosecution -- III. Genocide. Introduction -- Material elements -- Mental element -- Incitement to commit genocide -- Multiplicity of offenses -- IV. Crimes against humanity. Introduction -- Contextual element (attack on a civilian population) -- Individual acts -- Multiplicity of offenses -- V. War crimes. Introduction -- Overall requirements -- War crimes against persons -- War crimes against property and other rights -- Employing prohibited methods of warfare -- Use of prohibited means of warfare -- War crimes against humanitarian operations -- Multiplicity of offenses -- VI. The crime of aggression. The prohibition of aggression under international law -- Criminal responsibility under customary international law (war of aggression) -- The crime of aggression in the ICC statute : prospects.
ISBN
  • 9789067042758
  • 9067042757
  • 9789067042765
  • 9067042765
LCCN
2010285303
OCLC
  • ocn432978434
  • 432978434
  • SCSB-1539038
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library