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This book, by a leading figure in international criminal law (ICL), shows how to use moral theory to challenge and improve ICL, and how extreme cases can challenge and improve criminal law theory. It will appeal to scholars and jurists in ICL, as well as scholars of criminal law theory or legal philosophy.
List of contents
Acknowledgements; Cases and Authorities; List of Abbreviations; Part I. Introduction and Problem: 1. Introduction; 2. The Identity Crisis of International Criminal Law; Part II.¿Proposed Solution: 3. The Humanity of Criminal Justice; 4. Fundamentals without Foundations; 5. Criminal Law Theory in Extremis; Part III.¿Illustration through Application: 6. An Unresolved Contradiction; 7. The Outer Limits of Culpability; 8. The Genius of Command Responsibility; 9. Horizons: The Future of the Justice Conversation; Judgment; Glossary of Selected Terms; Bibliography; Index.
About the author
Darryl Robinson is professor of law at Queen's University (Canada). He has helped shape international criminal law as a negotiator of the ICC Statute, a legal adviser at the Court, and as an influential scholar. He received the Antonio Cassese Prize for International Criminal Legal Studies for his work on moral coherence of criminal law.
Summary
This book, by a leading figure in international criminal law (ICL), shows how to use moral theory to challenge and improve ICL, and how extreme cases can challenge and improve criminal law theory. It will appeal to scholars and jurists in ICL, as well as scholars of criminal law theory or legal philosophy.
