Defenses in contemporary international criminal law / / Geert-Jan Alexander Knoops.

• Superior document: International and comparative criminal law series
• Author: Knoops, Geert-Jan G. J.
• Year of Publication: 2008
• Edition: 2nd ed.
• Language: English
• Series: International and comparative criminal law series.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (372 p.)
• Notes: Description based upon print version of record.

The Second Edition of ""Defenses in Contemporary International Criminal Law"" ventures farther into this uneasy territory than any previous work, offering a meticulous analysis of the case law in the post World War II Military Tribunals and the ad hoc tribunals for Rwanda and the Former Yugoslavia, with particular attention to the defenses developed, their rationales, and their origins in various municipal systems. It analyzes the defense provisions in the charters and statutes underlying these tribunals and the new International Criminal Court, while examining the first judgment in this field

Table of Contents

Methodology for determining a uniform system of international criminal law defenses -- International criminal law defenses originating from customary international law -- International criminal law defenses originating from comparative criminal law -- The diverging position of criminal law defenses before the ICTY and ICC : contemporary developments -- Individual and institutional command responsibility and the international regulation of armed conflicts -- International criminal law defenses and the international regulation of armed conflicts -- Self-defense by states and individuals in the law of war -- Contemporary and new technical issues of international criminal law defenses -- A new concept of international due process.