000 02191nam a2200217 4500
020 _a9789067042758 (hardback)
040 _cNorinthor
041 _heng
082 _a345
100 _aWerle, Gerhard,
_cauthor
245 _aPrinciples of international criminal law
_b/
_cby Gerhard Werle, in cooperation with Boris Burghardt [and others]
250 _aSecond edition
260 _aThe Hague :
_bTMC Asser Press ,
_cc2009
300 _axxvi, 633 pages ;
_c25 cm
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references and index
505 _aI. Foundations. Historical evolution of international criminal law -- Concepts, tasks and legitimacy -- International criminal law and the international legal order -- Sources and interpretation -- Universal jurisdiction, the duty to prosecute, transitional justice -- Enforcement -- Domestic implementation -- II. General principles. Towards a general theory of crimes under international law -- Material elements -- Mental element -- Individual criminal responsibility -- Superior responsibility -- Grounds for excluding criminal responsibility -- Inchoate crimes -- Omissions -- Official capacity and immunity -- Multiplicity of offenses -- Requirements for prosecution -- III. Genocide. Introduction -- Material elements -- Mental element -- Incitement to commit genocide -- Multiplicity of offenses -- IV. Crimes against humanity. Introduction -- Contextual element (attack on a civilian population) -- Individual acts -- Multiplicity of offenses -- V. War crimes. Introduction -- Overall requirements -- War crimes against persons -- War crimes against property and other rights -- Employing prohibited methods of warfare -- Use of prohibited means of warfare -- War crimes against humanitarian operations -- Multiplicity of offenses -- VI. The crime of aggression. The prohibition of aggression under international law -- Criminal responsibility under customary international law (war of aggression) -- The crime of aggression in the ICC statute : prospects.
520 _aFirst edition published in 2005 by same publisher.
650 _aCriminal procedure (International law)
650 _aCriminal law
_xInternational unification
942 _cBE
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