International Prosecutors - Rilegato

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ISBN 10: 0199554293 ISBN 13: 9780199554294

Casa editrice: OUP Oxford, 2012

Riassunto

This volume examines the prosecution as an institution and a function in a dozen international and hybrid criminal tribunals, from Nuremberg to the International Criminal Court. It is the result of a sustained collaborative effort among some twenty scholars and (former) tribunal staffers. The starting point is that the prosecution shapes a tribunal's practice and legacy more than any other organ and that a systematic examination of international prosecutors is therefore warranted.

The chapters are organized chronologically, according to the successive phases of the life of the institution and the various stages of the trials. The analysis includes each institution's establishment, mandate and jurisdiction, as well as the prosecutorial framework and strategy, the prosecutor's external relations and the completion of the institution's work. The book also considers the prosecutors' independence and impartiality, and their accountability for their decisions. The volume thus provides a comprehensive picture of the mandate, organization, and operation of the prosecution in international criminal trials.

As the first comprehensive study of an international legal actor whose decisions have widespread political repercussions, this book will be essential reading for all with an interest in international criminal justice.

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This monumental work is an unparalled and exhaustive study of the international prosecutorial function in a dozen international tribunals, including the postwar Nuremberg and Tokyo courts; the UN-created courts for the former Yugoslavia and Rwanda; the Special Court for Sierra Leone; the East Timor Tribunal; the Cambodia court; the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina; the Special Tribunal for Lebanon; and the ICC... International Prosecutors is a land-mark work. It provides a comprehensive and comparative examination of the prosecutorial functions in international criminal courts. (David Stoelting, Human Rights Quarterly)

By exploring the evolving, multi-faceted roles played by these prosecutors, this book helps fill a significant gap in the secondary literature cohering around the evolution of international criminal law... International Prosecutors was well worth the wait and now occupies a space on my bookshelf reserved for a very few "must have" texts. While the book's primary use will be as a rich archival treasure for researchers, its substantive chapters could easily find use as valuable teaching aids supporting postgraduate courses and as a reference for professional litigators. Significantly, readers of this book will be far better equipped to understand and explain the significant, multi-faceted, and evolving role played by the international prosecutor in the conduct of contemporary-world affairs, particularly in matters of war and peace, and the politics thereof. (Damien Rogers, New Zealand Yearbook of International Law)

The subject matter of this book was certainly missing from the international criminal law literature ... this book complements all others dealing with criminal procedure as such because it provides a brilliant insight into the workings of the office of an international prosecutor who must undertake the functions of a manager, a boss, a politician and diplomat and those of a practising lawyer under pressure to perform and deliver. This is an admirable effort and should be read by all those interested in substantive and procedural aspects of international criminal law. (Ilias Bantekas, International Criminal Law Review 13)

L'autore

Luc Reydams is Associate Professional Specialist in the Department of Political Science at the University of Notre Dame and Associate Fellow of the Leuven Centre for Global Governance Studies. Jan Wouters is Jean Monnet Chair Ad Personam EU and Global Governance Professor of International Law and International Organizations Director at the Leuven Centre for Global Governance Studies. Cedric Ryngaert is Assistant Professor of International Law at the Universities of Leuven and Utrecht and Senior Researcher at the Leuven Centre for Global Governance Studies.

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• Editore: OUP Oxford
• Data di pubblicazione: 2012
• ISBN 10: 0199554293
• ISBN 13: 9780199554294
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 1030
• Redattore: Reydams Luc, Wouters Jan, Ryngaert Cedric