Introduction to International Criminal Law

Author: Brazil Oni
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Publish Date: 2006-11-01
Features:
Chapter 1 elaborates on the sources of international criminal law and the application of what the author refers to as the "different elements of international criminal law."
Chapter 2 clarifies the themes of the discipline, some criminal law scholars call it the principle of personality (ratione personae).
Chapter 3 discusses international crimes, which criminal law scholars refer to as the principle of materiality (ratione materiae), and also examines the principle of legality, which criminal law scholars consider a general issue in criminal law.
Chapter 4 addresses general issues, as viewed by criminal law scholars, including criminal responsibility and its conditions of exemption.
Chapter 5 discusses the main methods of enforcing international criminal law—the indirect enforcement system.
Chapter 6 elaborates on other methods of enforcing international criminal law, namely the direct enforcement system. This chapter narrates the history and evolution of international criminal justice until the establishment of the International Criminal Court, which will be discussed separately in Chapter 7.
Chapter 7 explains the new developments in international criminal law, specifically the mixed enforcement system of criminal justice.
Chapter 8 addresses the procedural issues of international criminal law.
Chapter 9 covers international criminal justice in the era of globalization, including issues of responsibility, as well as the international community's struggle against the practice of exempting punishment for international crimes under peremptory norms.