Grammar of Criminal Law - Volume Two: International Criminal Law

This second volume of The Grammar of Criminal Law addresses international criminal law and its importance for future international cooperation. The emphasis is on the concepts that provide the essential building blocks for all systems of criminal law.

List of contents

• Introduction: International Criminal Law-Basic Concepts


• Chapter 1. Substance and Procedure


• Chapter 2. Punishment vs. Tort Liability


• Chapter 3. Subject vs. Object


• Chapter 4. Causation vs. Background Events


• Chapter 5. Victims and Offenders


• Chapter 6. Offenses and Defenses


• Chapter 7. Intention vs. Negligence


• Chapter 8. Harming vs. Trying: Offenses and Attempts


• Chapter 9. The Law of War and Its Many Distinctions


• Chapter 10. Accidents vs. Mistakes


• Chapter 11. Perpetration and Complicity: Unity and Divergence


• Chapter 12. Law vs. Justice

About the author

George P. Fletcher is the Cardozo Professor of Jurisprudence at Columbia Law School.

Summary

This second volume of The Grammar of Criminal Law addresses international criminal law and its importance for future international cooperation. The emphasis is on the concepts that provide the essential building blocks for all systems of criminal law.

Additional text

Those expecting fundamental ideas from the rich oeuvre of one of the most important Anglo Criminal Law Forum American criminal law scholars certainly will get their money's worth, as this engagingly written book presents them with Fletcher's insights on criminal law and criminal procedure in a nutshell.

Product details

• Authors: George P. Fletcher, George P. (Cardozo Professor of Jurispru Fletcher
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 15.11.2019
• EAN: 9780190903572
• ISBN: 978-0-19-090357-2
• No. of pages: 348
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Law > International law, foreign law; LAW / Criminal Law / General, Criminal law & procedure, LAW / International, LAW / Public, International Criminal Law, Public international law: criminal law, Criminal law: procedure and offences