International Criminal Law: A Critical Restatement

This new book is an essential guide to the relatively recent, but rapidly growing field of international criminal justice. Written by leading practitioners and academics associated with the International Criminal Tribunals for the former Yugoslavia and Rwanda, this book analyses the tribunals substantive and procedural law from an entirely new and critical perspective. In addition, the book explains the tribunals place in the international legal order, and their relationships with - and ramifications for - national jurisdictions.

The book offers a clear and challenging view of the new legal landscape with all its strengths and weaknesses. It restates the law while exposing its foundations; and it reviews the application of the law in concrete situations. It is an ideal companion for students of the subject who are seeking an insight into the key aspects of international criminal law and practice.

• Offers a unique critical perspective giving students an analytical and interpretive understanding of the subject
• Draws from a rich and varied range of sources, many of which appear here in print for the first time
• Written with the insight and authority of experienced practitioners directly involved with international criminal justice
• Focuses on the systems and procedures of the international criminal courts and tribunals