Complementarity in the Line of Fire - The Catalysing Effect of International Criminal Court in Uganda

Examines the impact of the Rome Statute's complementarity principle on two states in which the International Criminal Court has intervened.

List of contents

Prologue: in the line of fire; 1. Introduction: complementarity from the line of fire; 2. The Rome Statute: complementarity in its legal context; 3. Uganda: compromising complementarity; 4. Sudan: complementarity in a state of denial; 5. Paradoxes unravelled: weaknesses in complementarity's catalysing effect; 6. Conclusion: complementarity in the line of fire.

About the author

Sarah M. H. Nouwen is a university lecturer in law at the University of Cambridge. She is also a fellow of the Lauterpacht Centre for International Law and of Pembroke College.

Summary

Focussing on Uganda and Sudan, and drawing on extensive empirical research, Complementarity in the Line of Fire provides a reality check on the expectation that the ICC will catalyse domestic proceedings and prompt the reform of domestic legal systems.

Product details

• Authors: Sarah M. H. Nouwen, Sarah M. H. (University of Cambridge) Nouwen, Nouwen Sarah M. H.
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 07.11.2013
• EAN: 9781107010789
• ISBN: 978-1-107-01078-9
• No. of pages: 525
• Series: Cambridge Studies in Law and Society; Cambridge Studies in Law and S; Cambridge Studies in Law and Society
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Law > International law, foreign law; Sudan, Uganda, Law, LAW / International, International Relations, Public International Law, Public international law: criminal law, International law: courts and procedures