Criminal Law

This text provides a clear account of the main substantive and procedural aspects of international criminal law and discusses: the historical evolution of international criminal law; the legal definition core crimes plus aggression, torture and terrorism; the forms and modes of criminal responsibility; and the prosecution and punishment of international crimes.

In 2018 unjust war became a prosecutable international crime. Instead of collective state responsibility, our leaders are now personally subject to indictment for crimes of aggression, from invasions and preemptions to drone strikes and cyberattacks. This text shows a behind-the-scenes account of the legal fight to hold world leaders personally responsible for aggressive war.

This book brings together leading feminist international criminal and humanitarian law academics and practitioners to examine the place of gender in international criminal law (ICL). It identifies and analyses past and current narrow understandings of gender, before considering how a limited conceptualization affects accountability efforts.

This book surveys international and transnational criminal law. With a focus on Canada, this text brings together in topics that are of increasing importance in a world of globalized crime, from a substantive perspective and through examination of the expanding range of international tribunals dealing with such crimes.

This book presents a comprehensive overview of international criminal law, assessing the subject in the context of wider public international law. In particular, this book complements discussion of the "core crimes" of genocide, crimes against humanity, and war crimes, with a full treatment of wider issues that arise.

Introducing the readers to the fundamental concepts of international criminal law, as well as the domestic and international institutions that enforce that law, this book engages with critical questions, political and moral challenges, and alternatives to international justice.

Darryl Robinson argues that the encounter between criminal law theory and international criminal law (ICL) can be illuminating in two directions: criminal law theory can challenge and improve ICL, and ICL's novel puzzles can challenge and improve mainstream criminal law theory. Robinson recommends a 'coherentist' method for discussions of principles, justice and justification.

Adding an African voice to international criminal justice, this text explores various perspectives to understanding national courts and their role in international criminal adjudication.

This text looks at who the actors are, how international criminal law goes about achieving its ends, where (geographically) it applies, when it applies, and why the system came into being and continues to grow.

This book offers a systematic and comprehensive analysis of the foundations and general principles of substantive international criminal law, including a thorough discussion of its core crimes.

This text examines laws relating to the civil liabilities of corporations and states in connection with torts or other breaches of international law and human rights law.

This interdisciplinary, up-to-date guide covers all the major areas of transnational crime, including terrorism, money laundering, environmental crime, migration-related crime, human trafficking, drug trafficking, cybercrime and heritage crime. It also includes chapters on responses to transnational crime in specific regions, including the EU, the African Union, Asia, South America and ex-Soviet Union countries.