Crimes Against Humanity

The Limits of Universal Jurisdiction in the Global South

Nergis Canefe (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

336 Seiten

2021
University of Wales Press (Verlag)
978-1-78683-702-8 (ISBN)

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This book brings together jurisprudential debates on international criminal law, international law scholarship on the limits of state sovereignty, and applied political philosophy concerning responsibility and accountability in the context of mass political crimes and state criminality. It offers a compelling view of legal reasoning concerning accountability regimes in the Global South.

This volume considers how, based on the examination of cases pertaining to transitional justice settings that resort to local interpretations of crimes against humanity jurisprudence, fragmentation of international law and circumscribed applications of universal jurisdiction are necessary aspects of the grand enterprise to overcome the impasse of the tainted legacy of international criminal law in the Global South. If we are to proceed with adjudication of the most egregious and heinous crimes involving state criminality without facing the charge of neo-colonialist plotting, then we must reckon with localised and domesticated interpretations of international criminal law, rather than pursuing strict forms of legislative dictation of international criminal law.

Nergis Canefe is Professor of Politics, Public Policy and Law, York University, Canada.

Frontispiece: Tree of Life, by the author
Introduction
Chapter I. Topographies of Universal Jurisdiction in International Law, Legal Pluralism and the Curious Case of the International Criminal Court
Chapter II: Universal Jurisdiction and Genealogies of International Criminal Law
Chapter III. Crimes Against Humanity Jurisprudence in International Law and The Conundrum of Jurisdictional Certainty
Chapter IV. Mea culpa, Sua culpa, Tua Maxima Culpa: Collective Responsibility, Societal WrongDoing and Legal Judgment
Chapter V. Through the Looking Glass: Hybrid Courts and International Criminal Law in the Global Sout
In Lieu of Conclusion: Deliverance of Justice in International Criminal Law and the Role of Political Judgment as Purposive Action

Erscheinungsdatum	10.05.2021
Reihe/Serie	International Law
Zusatzinfo	Not illustrated
Verlagsort	Wales
Sprache	englisch
Maße	138 x 216 mm
Themenwelt	Recht / Steuern ► EU / Internationales Recht
Themenwelt	Recht / Steuern ► Öffentliches Recht ► Völkerrecht
ISBN-10	1-78683-702-1 / 1786837021
ISBN-13	978-1-78683-702-8 / 9781786837028
Zustand	Neuware