Yvonne Mcdermott

The Ashgate Research Companion to International Criminal Law

Critical Perspectives
Herausgeber: Schabas, William A.

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This unique research companion takes a critical approach to a wide variety of theoretical, practical, legal and policy issues surrounding and underpinning the operation of international criminal law as applied by international criminal tribunals.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 554
• Erscheinungstermin: 23. Mai 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 250mm x 171mm x 51mm
• Gewicht: 1154g
• ISBN-13: 9781409419181
• ISBN-10: 1409419185
• Artikelnr.: 42358301

Autorenporträt

William Schabas is Professor of International Law at Middlesex University, UK, Yvonne McDermott is Lecturer in Law at Bangor University, UK and Niamh Hayes is Head of Office at the Institute for International Criminal Investigations, The Hague, the Netherlands.

Inhaltsangabe

Contents: Preface; Introduction, Niamh Hayes, Yvonne McDermott and William
A. Schabas; Part I International Crimes and Modes of Liability: Sisyphus
wept: prosecuting sexual violence at the International Criminal Court,
Niamh Hayes; Creating a framework for the prosecution of environmental
crimes in international criminal law, Tara Smith; Alleged aggression in
Utopia: a international criminal law examination question for 2020, Roger
S. Clark; The Special Tribunal for Lebanon and terrorism as an
international crime: reflections on the judicial function, Ben Saul; Damned
if you don't: liability for omissions in international criminal law,
Christopher Gosnell; Joint criminal enterprise liability: result orientated
justice, Wayne Jordash. Part II The International Criminal Process: Rights
in reverse: a critical analysis of fair trial rights under international
criminal law, Yvonne McDermott; Victims' participation at the International
Criminal Court: benefit or burden?, Lorraine Smith-van Lin; A shifting
scale of power: who is in charge of the charges at the International
Criminal Court?, Dov Jacobs; Distinguishing creativity from activism:
international criminal law and the 'legitimacy' of judicial development of
the law, Joseph Powderly; Equality of arms in international criminal law:
continuing challenges, Charles Chernor Jalloh and Amy DiBella; Protecting
the rights of the accused in international criminal proceedings: lip
service or affirmative action?, Colleen Rohan; Reconciliation and
sentencing in the practice of the ad hoc tribunals, Silvia D'Ascoli. Part
III Complementarity and Sentencing: a Discussion: A sentence-based theory
of complementarity, Kevin Jon Heller; 'Sentencing horror' or 'sentencing
heuristic'? A reply to Hellers's 'sentence-based' theory of
complementarity, Carsten Stahn; Three theories of complementarity: charge,
sentence or process? A comment on Kevin Heller's sentence-based theory of
complementarity, Darryl Robinson.