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Accountability for International Humanitarian Law Violations
Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG 2005; US$ 179.99Provides a review of accountability conducted under the authority of the United Nations Security Council, by the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR), and the United Nations Transitional Administration in East Timor (UNTAET). This book is centred on two case studies: the 1999 events in Rwanda, and the 1999 mayhem in East Timor. more...
War Crimes and Justice
ABC-CLIO 2003; US$ 45.00Thoroughly examines the laws of war and how the world community handles the monstrous brutalities of war through the international justice system. Highlighted are 20th-century war crimes and trials including Yugoslavia, Kosovo, and the Kerry incident in Vietnam. more...
Torture as Tort
Hart Publishing Limited 2001; US$ 199.80Should it be possible for a victim of a human rights violation in one country to bring a private law claim against the alleged perpetrators in the courts of another country? This text presents a collection of essays which address this question. more...
Justice for Crimes Against Humanity
Hart Publishing Limited 2003; US$ 57.60The aim of this book is to assess recent developments in international law seeking to bring an end to impunity by bringing to justice those accused of war crimes and crimes against humanity. The book was originally conceived while the editors were engaged, in different capacities, in proceedings relating to the detention of Senator Pinochet in London.... more...
Self-Defence in Criminal Law
Hart Publishing Limited 2006; US$ 113.40This book combines a careful philosophical discussion of the rationale justifying self-defence with a detailed discussion of the range of statutory self-defence requirements, as well as discussions of numerous other relevant issues (i.e. putative self-defense, excessive self-defense, earlier guilt and battered women). The book argues that before formulating... more...
The OECD Convention on Bribery
Cambridge University Press 2007; US$ 174.00The OECD Treaty of 1997 introduced criminal liability for OECD-based individuals and companies who bribe foreign officials to win business. more...
International Prosecution of Human Rights Crimes
Springer 2006; US$ 139.99Explores the developments in the prosecution of human rights crimes on the national and international level. This book discusses relevant topics from academic debates, describes the practice in different countries, and analyzes problems which have arisen in this field of law. more...
War Crimes in Internal Armed Conflicts
Cambridge University Press 2008; US$ 35.00Does international law make perpetrators responsible for war crimes committed during civil wars? more...
Homicide Law in Comparative Perspective
Hart Publishing Limited 2007; US$ 97.20A number of jurisdictions world-wide have changed or are considering changing their homicide laws. Important changes have been recommended for England and Wales, and this book focuses on these changes. It examines key aspects of the law of homicide. more...
Rethinking International Criminal Law
Europa Law Publishing 2007; US$ 106.00After a long period of relative stagnation, substantive international criminal law has been invigorated primarily by the activities of the International Criminal Tribunals for the former Yugoslavia and Rwanda. Both ad hoc tribunals have made immense advancements to this area of international criminal law, by for instance laying down detailed rules... more...









