OUVRAGE : P. Kastner (ed.), International Criminal Law in Context

Philipp KASTNER

International Criminal Law in Context provides a critical and contextual introduction to the fundamentals of international criminal law. It goes beyond a doctrinal analysis focused on the practice of international tribunals to draw on a variety of perspectives, capturing the complex processes of internationalisation that criminal law has experienced over the past few decades.

The book considers international criminal law in context and seeks to account for the political and cultural factors that have influenced – and that continue to influence – this still-emerging body of law. Considering the substance, procedures, objectives, justifications and impacts of international criminal law, it addresses such topics as: the history of international criminal law; the subjects of international criminal law; transitional justice and international criminal justice; genocide, crimes against humanity, war crimes and the crime of aggression; sexual and gender-based crimes; international and hybrid criminal tribunals; sentencing under international criminal law; and the role of victims in international criminal procedure.

The book will appeal to those who want to study international criminal law in a critical and contextualised way. Presenting original research, it will also be of interest to scholars and practitioners already familiar with the main legal and policy issues relating to this body of law.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Introduction

Philipp Kastner, International criminal law in context

PART I. CONTEXTUALISING INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL LAW

Gerry Simpson, The conscience of civilisation, and its discontents: a counter history of international criminal law
Frédéric Mégret, The subjects of international criminal law
Wendy Lambourne, The idea of transitional justice: international criminal justice and beyond

PART II. INTERNATIONAL CRIMES

Eyal Mayroz, Genocide: to prevent and punish "radical evil"
Raphaëlle Nollez-Goldbach, Crimes against humanity: the concept of humanity in international law
Dale Stephens, Thomas Wooden, War crimes: increasing compliance with international humanitarian law through international criminal law?
Rosemary Grey, Sexual and gender-based crimes
Sean Richmond, The crime of aggression: shifting authority for international peace?
Kamari Maxine Clarke, Rethinking liberal legality through the African Court on Justice and Human Rights: re-situating economic crimes and other enablers of violence

PART III. THE IMPLEMENTATION OF INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL LAW

Timothy William Waters, The ad hoc tribunals: image, origins, pathways, legacies
Philipp Kastner, Hybrid tribunals: institutional experiments and the potential for creativity within international criminal law
Christian M. De Vos, The International Criminal Court: between law and politics
Fannie Lafontaine, Sophie Gagné, Complementarity revisited: national prosecution of international crimes and the gaps in international law
Yvonne McDermott, The influence of international human rights law on international criminal procedure
Mark A. Drumbl, ‘And where the offence is, let the great axe fall’: sentencing under international criminal law
Stephen Smith Cody, Eric Stover, The role of victims: emerging rights to participation and reparation in international criminal courts

Philipp KASTNER (ed.), International Criminal Law in Context, Londres, Routledge, 2018 (346 pp.)