Cassese's International Criminal Law

Third Edition

Antonio Cassese and Paola Gaeta

The most popular textbook available in the field, providing a concise introduction to both international criminal law and international criminal procedure
Thought-provoking analysis of a vast array of cases from different jurisdictions, including consideration of the historical and human dimensions, enabling students to understand the law in practice
All the international criminal courts and tribunals as well as mixed courts, are fully covered, both as regards their structure, functioning and proceedings and as far as their case law is concerned

New to this Edition:

A stellar line up of contributors with extensive judicial experience of international criminal tribunals and of teaching international criminal law bring insight and new perspectives to the third edition
Fully updated to include coverage of the key judgments on international criminal law delivered by national and international courts
Substantive revision of the chapters on international criminal proceedings, taking into account the practice and case law of the International Criminal Court
Includes a new chapter on domestic prosecution of international crimes and related international law obligations
Chapters on international crimes and modes and forms of criminal responsibility have been completely revised

Cassese's International Criminal Law

Third Edition

Antonio Cassese and Paola Gaeta

Description

The third edition of Cassese's International Criminal Law provides a clear account of the main substantive and procedural aspects of international criminal law. Adopting a combination of the classic common law and more theoretical approaches to the subject, it discusses:

· the historical evolution of international criminal law;
· the legal definition of the so-called core crimes (war crimes, crimes against humanity, genocide) plus aggression, torture and terrorism;
· the forms and modes of criminal responsibility; and
· the main issues related to the prosecution and punishment of international crimes at the national and international level, including amnesties, statutes of limitations and immunities.

Cassese guides the reader through a vast array of cases and materials from a number of jurisdictions, providing thought-provoking analysis that brings the political and human contexts to the fore.

The International Criminal Court and all the other modern international criminal courts are fully covered, both as regards their structure, functioning and proceedings and as far as their case law is concerned.

Online Resource Centre
Case materials: Key international documents and foreign legislation relating to chapters of the textbook
Your questions answered: responses to questions from international law students
Web links: Links to web sites relating to topics within the text

Cassese's International Criminal Law

Third Edition

Antonio Cassese and Paola Gaeta

PART I: INTRODUCTION
1:Fundamentals of international criminal law
2:The principle of legality
3:The elements of international crimes, in particular the mental element
PART II: SUBSTANTIVE CRIMINAL LAW
SECTION I: INTERNATIONAL CRIMES
4:War crimes
5:Crimes against humanity
6:Genocide
7:Torture and aggression
8:Terrorism
SECTION II: MODES OF CRIMINAL LIABILITY
9:Perpetration: in particular joint and indirect perpetration
10:Omission liability and superior responsibility
11:Other modes of criminal liability and inchoate crimes
SECTION III: CIRCUMSTANCES EXCLUDING CRIMINAL LIABILITY
12:Justifications and excuses
13:Obedience to superior orders and official capacity
PART III: PROSECUTION AND PUNISHMENT
SECTION I: INTERNATIONAL AND NATIONAL CRIMINAL JURISDICTION
14:International criminal courts
15:The repression of international crimes in domestic jurisdictions
16:International versus national jurisdiction
17:Legal impediments to the exercise of criminal jurisdiction
SECTION II: INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL TRIALS
18:The adoption of the essential features of the adversarial system
19:General principles governing international criminal trials
20:Investigation and trial before international criminal courts
21:Appeals and enforcements

Cassese's International Criminal Law

Third Edition

Antonio Cassese and Paola Gaeta

Author Information

Antonio Cassese, Former President, Special Tribunal for Lebanon, and Paola Gaeta, Professor of International Criminal Law, University of Geneva

The late Judge Antonio Cassese was President of the Special Tribunal for Lebanon. He was a former Professor of International Law at Florence University and member of the Institut de droit International. He was also President of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY).

Paola Gaeta is a Professor at the Law Faculty of the University of Geneva and Adjunct Professor at the Graduate Institute of International Development Studies. She is also Director of the Geneva Academy of International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights and a member of the Editorial Board of the Journal of International Criminal Law.

Contributors:

Laurel Baig is an appeals counsel in the Office of the Prosecutor of the ICTY. She has also worked in a Trial Chamber of the ICTR and in the Appeals Chambers of the ICTR, ICTY and SCSL. Previously, she was in private practice in Toronto, Canada and served as a law clerk to Justice Bastarache of the Supreme Court of Canada. She holds law degrees from Oxford and LSE.

Mary Fan is an Associate Professor at the University of Washington School of Law. She specializes in U.S. and international criminal law and procedure. She is an elected member of the American Law Institute and an Advisor to the Model Penal Code Sexual Assault and Related Offenses project. She previously was a federal prosecutor in the Southern District of California and an Associate Legal Officer at the U.N. ICTY.

Christopher Gosnell is a private practitioner who has represented defendants before the ICTY and the ICTR. He has also represented victims before the ICC and the STL. He was a judicial clerk to Judge Erik Møse, former president of the ICTR, and Justice Michel Bastarache of the Supreme Court of Canada. He holds law degrees from Oxford, McGill and Columbia, and is a lecturer at the Geneva Academy of International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights.

Alex Whiting is currently Prosecution Coordinator of the Office of the Prosecutor at the International Criminal Court. He has worked as a Senior Trial Attorney for the Office of the Prosecutor at the ICTY and previously was a federal prosecutor in the U.S. for ten years. He has also taught at Harvard Law School.