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Prosecuting International Crimes: Selectivity and the International Criminal Law Regime...
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Prosecuting International Crimes: Selectivity and the International Criminal Law Regime...
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by Robert Cryer
Sales Rank : 1032320
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Hardcover: 392 pages
Publisher: Cambridge University Press July 25, 2005
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0521824745
ISBN-13: 978-0521824743
Product Dimensions:
9 x 6.1 x 1.3 inches
Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds
Product Description
This book discusses the legitimacy of the international criminal law regime. It explains the development of the system of international criminal law enforcement in historical context, from antiquity through the Nuremberg and Tokyo Trials, to today's prosecutions of atrocities in the former Yugoslavia, Rwanda and Sierra Leone. The modern regime of prosecution of international crimes is evaluated with regard to international relations theory. The book then subjects that regime to critique on the basis of legitimacy and the rule of law, in particular selective enforcement, not only in relation to who is prosecuted, but also the definitions of crimes and principles of liability used when people are prosecuted. It concludes that although selective enforcement is not as powerful as a critique of international criminal law as it was previously, the creation of the International Criminal Court may also have narrowed the substantive rules of international criminal law.
Book Description
This book concentrates on the legitimacy of the international criminal law regime. It explains the development of the system of international criminal law enforcement in historical context, with regard to international relations theory.
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