Interpreting Crimes in the Rome Statute of the International - Criminal Cour

Informationen zum Autor Leena Grover is a Habilitation Candidate in the Faculty of Law at the University of Zurich. She is a member of the Law Society of Upper Canada and has worked for a number of adjudicatory bodies including the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia and International Criminal Court. Klappentext This book offers the first detailed analysis of, and guide to, the interpretation of international crimes defined in the Rome Statute. Zusammenfassung The Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court defines more than ninety crimes - genocide! other crimes against humanity! war crimes and aggression - and gives rise to countless questions of interpretation for students! scholars and practitioners of international law. This book offers the first detailed and practical approach for tackling these questions. Inhaltsverzeichnis Foreword Claus Kreß; 1. Introduction; 2. The state of the art; Annex: aids to interpretation; 3. Guiding interpretive principle; 4. Challenges to the principle of legality; 5. Operationalizing the principle of legality; 6. Custom as an aid to interpretation; 7. Internal indicia of codification; 8. External indicia of codification; 9. The Vienna Convention (1969) and aids to interpretation; 10. Conclusions.

Product details

• Authors: Leena Grover, Leena (Universitat Zurich) Grover, Grover Leena
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 23.06.2016
• EAN: 9781107688773
• ISBN: 978-1-107-68877-3
• No. of pages: 474
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Law > International law, foreign law; LAW / Criminal Law / General, LAW / Courts, LAW / International, Public International Law, Public international law: criminal law, International law: courts and procedures