International Criminal Law

by Slye, Ronald C.

• ISBN13: 9780735565531
• ISBN10: 0735565538
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2008-11-14
• Publisher: Wolters Kluwer Law and Business

Summary

Highly respected educator-scholars Elizabeth Van Schaack and Ronald C. Slye highlight and summarize the major concepts and themes of International Criminal Law with clear, informal language in this concise paperback text. Van Schaack and Slye provide a general overview of International Criminal Law that includes : a straightforward introductory chapter explanation and descriptions of the major international crimes, including: war crimes crimes against humanity genocide aggression terrorism coverage of individual rights and protections And The major defenses available to International Criminal Law defendants references to decisions from outside of the usual Western canon such as those from African, Asian, and Central and South American source discussion of the growing body of international jurisprudence being generated through international tribunals, hybrid tribunals, and other sources If you're thinking about teaching a course on International Criminal Law, you'll want to examine this timely, brief, and conceptually organized introductory text, written by two of the leading authorities in the field.

Author Biography

Ronald C. Slye is the Director of International and Comparative Law Programs at Seattle University School of Law as well as Honorary Professor at the University of Witwatersrand School of Law in South Africa Beth Van Schaack is an active teacher and scholar in international law, international human rights, transitional justice, international criminal law, and humanitarian law

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	p. xv
Preface	p. xvii
The Discipline of International Criminal Law	p. 1
What Is International Criminal Law?	p. 2
A Concise History of International Criminal Law	p. 7
Introduction: The Genesis Story	p. 7
Substantive Law Antecedents to Modern ICL	p. 8
Just War: Jus Ad Bellum	p. 8
Penal Antecedents: Piracy and Slavery	p. 9
International Humanitarian Law	p. 13
Efforts to Enforce International Criminal Law	p. 18
Pre-World War I: Antecedents	p. 18
World War I: A False Start	p. 20
The Interwar Period: Efforts to Avert Another World War	p. 26
World War II: A Return to First Principles	p. 27
Post-World War II: The Cold War Freeze	p. 38
Post-Cold War Period: A Renaissance	p. 42
Sovereignty, Jurisdiction, and Power	p. 49
Creatures of Consent	p. 51
The International Criminal Court	p. 51
Preconditions for the Exercise of Jurisdiction	p. 52
Trigger Mechanisms	p. 56
Admissibility	p. 58
Consensual Hybrid Tribunals	p. 59
Creatures of Coercion	p. 64
Nuremberg and Tokyo	p. 65
The Ad Hoc International Tribunals	p. 65
Imposed Hybrid Tribunals	p. 69
Domestic Legal Systems	p. 71
Civilian Courts	p. 71
Domestic Military Courts	p. 77
Extradition, Transfer, Rendition, and Abduction	p. 79
Conclusion	p. 83
The Making of International Criminal Law	p. 85
Treaties	p. 88
Customary International Law	p. 95
General Principles of Law	p. 99
Judicial Decisions	p. 102
The Works of Scholars	p. 103
"Soft Law"	p. 104
Conclusion	p. 105
The Internationalization of Crimes	p. 107
The Jurisdictional Approach	p. 108
The Inter-National Approach	p. 109
The Identity Approach	p. 110
The Policy Approach	p. 113
The Nexus to Armed Conflict Approach	p. 114
The Global Stability Approach	p. 115
The Dignity Approach	p. 116
The Mens Rea Approach	p. 118
Conclusion	p. 119
The Principle of Legality in International Criminal Law	p. 121
NCSL in International Criminal Law	p. 124
Responses to NCSL Defenses	p. 126
The Applicability of Nullum Crimen Sine Lege in International Criminal Law	p. 126
Acts as Malum in Se	p. 128
Illegality = Criminality	p. 130
Notice Anywhere Is Notice Everywhere	p. 133
The Object and Purpose of ICL	p. 137
Conclusion	p. 141
Intersections	p. 145
The Legal Regulation of Armed Conflict	p. 149
Jus Ad Bellum	p. 151
The Original Crime of Aggression	p. 151
The Modern Crime of Aggression	p. 155
Defining the Crime of Aggression	p. 156
Preconditions for the Exercise of Jurisdiction	p. 159
Including the Crime of Aggression in the ICC Statute	p. 163
Jus In Bello	p. 165
Triggering International Humanitarian Law	p. 166
Conflict Classification	p. 169
Choice of Law Implications of Conflict Classification	p. 173
Nexus to Armed Conflict	p. 175
Protected Persons	p. 177
Means and Methods of Warfare	p. 180
War Crimes Before the International Criminal Court	p. 182
The Crimes of Terrorism	p. 185
Terrorism Under International Law	p. 186
Terrorism Within the ICC Statute	p. 191
The Interface Between Terrorism and War	p. 195
Violent Acts Committed Within International Armed Conflicts	p. 196
Violent Acts Committed Outside of Armed Conflict	p. 197
The Initiation of an International Armed Conflict	p. 198
Violent Acts Committed Within Noninternational Armed Conflicts	p. 199
The Initiation of a Noninternational Armed Conflict	p. 201
The Penal Consequences of Violent Acts Committed Within Noninternational Armed Conflicts	p. 203
Prosecuting Acts of Terrorism Before the ICC	p. 206
Genocide and Crimes Against Humanity	p. 209
Crimes Against Humanity	p. 211
Genocide	p. 214
The Elements of the Two Crimes	p. 216
The Chapeau Elements	p. 216
Mens Rea and the Challenge of Specific Intent	p. 217
Protected Groups	p. 222
Crimes Against Humanity and Armed Conflict	p. 229
Policy or Plan	p. 231
Enumerated Acts	p. 233
Persecution	p. 236
Extermination	p. 237
Conclusion: Convergence or Distinction?	p. 238
Immunities, Amnesties, and Excuses	p. 241
Immunities	p. 242
Functional and Personal Immunities	p. 243
Combatant Immunity	p. 246
Immunity Before the ICC	p. 249
Immunity and Customary International Law	p. 252
Amnesties	p. 254
Amnesties Before the Special Court for Sierra Leone	p. 254
Amnesties and the ICC Statute	p. 255
Interests of Justice	p. 256
Complementarity	p. 258
Security Council Deferral	p. 260
Ne Bis In Idem	p. 262
Excuses and Justifications	p. 263
Conclusion	p. 267
Forms of Individual Responsibility	p. 269
Superior Responsibility	p. 272
History of the Doctrine	p. 273
Superior Responsibility in Treaty Law	p. 277
Elements of the Contemporary Doctrine	p. 280
Subordination	p. 281
Mens Rea	p. 283
Actus Reus (Omission)	p. 284
Complicity and Joint Criminal Enterprise	p. 287
Complicity	p. 288
Joint Criminal Enterprise	p. 290
International Criminal Law and Its Alternatives: Truth, Justice, Reconciliation, and Memory	p. 295
The Objectives of International Criminal Law	p. 296
Retribution	p. 297
Deterrence	p. 298
Rehabilitation	p. 300
Peace and Reconciliation	p. 302
The Critiques of International Criminal Justice	p. 303
Victor's Justice	p. 304
Prevention in Lieu of Justice	p. 305
Justice and Diplomacy	p. 307
Alternatives to International Criminal Justice	p. 308
Do Nothing	p. 308
Amnesty	p. 309
Truth and Investigatory Commissions	p. 310
Lustration	p. 312
Civil Trials	p. 312
State Responsibility	p. 314
Jurisdictional Concurrence	p. 318
Conclusion	p. 321
Endnotes	p. 323
Glossary	p. 337
Index	p. 347
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