Overview
Introduces the International Criminal Court to non-law students and non-lawyers
Discusses controversies such as the Court’s relations with Africa and the membership of Palestine
Contains definitions, suggestions for further reading and discussion, and bulleted summaries
Suitable as a supplemental course text for an international or comparative criminal justice course
Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
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Table of contents (7 chapters)
Keywords
- Court and the African Union (ICC)
- Crimes against humanity
- Criminal sentencing
- International Criminal Court
- International Criminal Court
- International criminal justice
- International prosecutions
- Nuremburg and Tokyo trials
- Politics of the United Nations
- Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court
- Transitional and post-conflict justice
- Transitional justice
- Tribunals in Cambodia and Sierra Leone
- Tribunals in Timor-Leste and the Balkans
- UN Security Council
- War crimes
About this book
This book is about the International Criminal Court (ICC), a new and highly distinctive criminal justice institution with the ability to prosecute the highest-level government officials, including heads of state, even in countries that have not accepted its jurisdiction. The book explores the historical development of international criminal law and the formal legal structure created by the Rome Statute, against the background of the Court’s search for objectivity in a political global environment. The book reviews the operations of the Court in practice and the Court’s position in the power politics of the international system. It discusses and clarifies all stages of an international criminal proceeding from the opening of the investigation to sentencing, reparations, and final appeals in the context of its restorative justice mission. Making appropriate comparisons and contrasts between the international criminal justice system and domestic and national systems, the book fills a gap in international criminal justice study.
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: The International Criminal Court
Book Subtitle: An Introduction
Authors: Andrew Novak
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-15832-7
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Humanities, Social Sciences and Law, Social Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2015
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-15831-0Published: 26 March 2015
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-36843-6Published: 06 October 2016
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-15832-7Published: 11 March 2015
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVII, 116
Number of Illustrations: 7 b/w illustrations
Topics: Criminology and Criminal Justice, general, Private International Law, International & Foreign Law, Comparative Law , International Criminal Law , Fundamentals of Law