Developments in Customary International Law: Theory and the Practice of the International Court of Justice and the International AD HOC Criminal ... (Developments in International Law, 62) - Hardcover

Schlutter, Birgit

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 9004177728 ISBN 13: 9789004177727

Publisher: Martinus Nijhoff, 2010

Synopsis

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.

About this title

About the Author:

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.

About this edition

• Publisher: Martinus Nijhoff
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 9004177728
• ISBN 13: 9789004177727
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 369