The Elgar companion to the international criminal court. ([2020])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Margaret deGuzman, Valerie Oosterveld.
• Editors: deGuzman, Margaret; Oosterveld, Valerie
• Contents: Front Matter -- Copyright -- Contents -- Contributors -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: narratives and counter-narratives of the International Criminal Court -- PART I THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE ICC -- 1. The dynamics of the Rome Conference -- 2. The Rome Conference: institutional design and the constraints of diplomacy -- PART II INTERPRETING AND APPLYING THE ROME STATUTE -- 3. Contestation and inevitability in the crimes of the International Criminal Court -- 4. Admissibility as a theory of international criminal law 5. Heads of state and other government officials before the International Criminal Court: the uneasy revolution continues -- 6. Penalties and punishment -- 7. Can the ICC function without state compliance? -- PART III ICC IN ACTION -- 8. Taking the opportunity: prosecutorial opportunism and the International Criminal Court -- 9. Judges, the registry, and defence counsel -- 10. The Assembly of States Parties -- 11. Africa, the Court, and the Council -- PART IV MAJOR CONTROVERSIES -- 12. Peace and justice -- 13. Re-narrating selectivity -- 14. Human rights compliance 15. Re-writing sex and gender in international criminal law -- 16. Mission uncertain: what communities does the ICC serve? -- Index
• Publisher Details: Cheltenham, UK Northampton, MA : Edward Elgar Publishing Limited
• Publication Date: 2020
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 345/.01; International criminal courts; International criminal courts; Electronic books; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 1785368230; 9781785368233
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on January 04, 2021).
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