Justice in Extreme Cases

Erscheinungsjahr 2020
ISBN: 978-1-107-04161-5
Verlag: Cambridge University Press

Buch, Englisch, 225 Seiten, Format (B × H): 157 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 624 g

In Justice in Extreme Cases, Darryl Robinson argues that the encounter between criminal law theory and international criminal law (ICL) can be illuminating in two directions: criminal law theory can challenge and improve ICL, and conversely, ICL's novel puzzles can challenge and improve mainstream criminal law theory. Robinson recommends a 'coherentist' method for discussions of principles, justice and justification. Coherentism recognizes that prevailing understandings are fallible, contingent human constructs. This book will be a valuable resource to scholars and jurists in ICL, as well as scholars of criminal law theory and legal philosophy.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Robinson, Darryl

Fachgebiete

• Rechtswissenschaften Strafrecht Strafverfahrens- und -prozessrecht, Strafverteidigung und Opferschutz
• Rechtswissenschaften Internationales Recht und Europarecht Internationales Recht Internationales Öffentliches Recht, Völkerrecht, Internationale Organisationen

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgements; Cases and authorities; List of abbreviations; Part I. Introduction and Problem: 1. Introduction; 2. The identity crisis of international criminal law; Part II. Proposed Solution: 3. The humanity of criminal justice; 4. Fundamentals without foundations; 5. Criminal law theory in extremis; Part III. Illustration through Application: 6. An unresolved contradiction; 7. The outer limits of culpability; 8. The genius of command responsibility; 9. Horizons: the future of the justice conversation; Judgment; Glossary of selected terms; Bibliography; Index.

Über Autor(innen)

Robinson, Darryl
Darryl Robinson is professor of law at Queen's University (Canada). He has helped shape international criminal law as a negotiator of the ICC Statute, a legal adviser at the Court, and as an influential scholar. He received the Antonio Cassese Prize for International Criminal Legal Studies for his work on moral coherence of criminal law.