International Crimes: Law and Practice - Volume Ii: Crimes Against Humanity

This authoritative manual on the law of international crimes discusses in detail crimes against humanity, and its relationship to other international crimes. It is an invaluable tool for academics and researchers, as well as legal practitioners, who will be able readily to identify relevant legal standards and precedents.

List of contents

• Foreword


• Preface


• 1: A short history of crimes against humanity


• 2: Crimes against humanity under general international law


• 3: Jurisidction over crimes against humanity


• 4: Immunities, amnesties and statutes of limitation


• 5: Chapeau or contextual elements


• 6: Underlying offences


• 7: Crimes against humanity and other international crimes

About the author

Guénaël Mettraux, Judge, Kosovo Specialist Chambers; Panel Member, EU's Human Rights Review Panel; Emeritus Professor, University of Amsterdam; Affiliated Professor of International Criminal Law Practice, Penn State's Dickinson Law

Summary

This authoritative manual on the law of international crimes discusses in detail crimes against humanity, and its relationship to other international crimes. It is an invaluable tool for academics and researchers, as well as legal practitioners, who will be able readily to identify relevant legal standards and precedents.

Additional text

Professor Mettraux continues his monumental treatise on international criminal law... concise, succinct, thoroughly documented by a specialist who exhibits a virtuoso command of the materials.

Product details

• Authors: Guénaël Mettraux, Guenael (Judge Mettraux
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 28.05.2020
• EAN: 9780198860099
• ISBN: 978-0-19-886009-9
• No. of pages: 952
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Law > International law, foreign law; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Genocide & War Crimes, LAW / Criminal Procedure, LAW / International, International Criminal Law, War Crimes, Public international law: criminal law, International law: courts and procedures, International courts & procedures