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
Erscheinungsjahr 2010
ISBN: 978-90-04-17772-7
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 62, 370 Seiten, Format (B × H): 169 mm x 247 mm, Gewicht: 828 g

Reihe: Developments in International Law

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 contrast, has not yet had much opportunity to give more guidance on this matter. Hence, it is worthwhile to provide an overview of the current status of custom by analysing the ad hoc tribunal’s case law on this point. Including a comprehensive synopsis of current literature and a contrast of the ad hoc tribunal’s case law with the jurisprudence of the International Court of Justice, this book offers an inclusive insight into the source’s past and future.

Zielgruppe

All those, both practitioners and academics, interested in the theory, methodology and practice of customary international law and the case law of the ICJ, ICTY and ICTR.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Schlütter, Birgit

Fachgebiete

• Rechtswissenschaften Internationales Recht und Europarecht Internationales Recht Internationales Strafrecht, Internationales Verfahrensrecht

Über Autor(innen)

Birgit Schlütter, LL.M. (London), Dr. jur (Humboldt-University Berlin) is a lawyer in Hamburg and case reporter for the International Law in Domestic Courts project. She has published on international humanitarian law and human rights law issues.