Gallant, Kenneth S., author 1951-

The principle of legality in international and comparative criminal law / Kenneth S. Gallant - Cambridge : Cambridge University Press , 2009 - xxi, 603 pages ; 24 cm - Cambridge studies in international and comparative law .

Includes bibliographical references (p. 541-551) and index

Legality in criminal law, its purposes, and its competitors -- A partial history to World War II -- Nuremberg, Tokyo, and other Post-War cases -- Modern development of international human rights law : practice involving multilateral treaties and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights -- Modern comparative law development : national provisions concerning legality -- Legality in the modern international and internationalized criminal courts and tribunals (with a note on legality in internationally-supervised trust territories) -- Legality as a rule of customary international law today

9780521886482 (hardback)


Criminal jurisdiction
International crimes
Human rights
International criminal courts
Criminal law

345