Developments in customary international law : theory and the practice of the International Court of Justice and the international ad hoc criminal tribunals for Rwanda and Yugoslavia / / by Birgit Schlütter.
Customary international law is the most important source of international criminal law. Fifty years after the Nuremberg trials, many convictions imposed by the tribunals for the former Yugoslavia and Rwanda are still based on customary international law alone. The International Criminal Court, by co...
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| Superior document: | Developments in international law, v. 62 |
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| Year of Publication: | 2010 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Developments in international law ;
v. 62. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (407 p.) |
| Notes: | Description based upon print version of record. |
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Table of Contents:
- Customary international law, theoretical conceptions and evidence of its formation
- Customary international law and its relationship with other sources and methods of law-identification
- Visions of development
- Practical developments (part one) : customary international law in the case law of the PCIJ and the ICJ
- Practical developments (part two) : the case law of the international ad hoc criminal tribunals on customary international criminal law
- Evolution of new customary international criminal law : further implications
- Developments in customary international (criminal) law : implications from the case law of the ICJ, the ICTY and the ICTR.