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The international criminal court and complementarity : From theory and practice Vol. I - Cambridge Cambridge University Press 2011 - 682p xviii

Contents:
Volume 1: Introduction: bridge over troubled waters? Complementarity themes and debates in context;
Part I. General Reflections:
1. A positive approach to complementarity: the impact of the Office of the Prosecutor;
2. Justice and prevention;
3. Proactive complementarity: a registrar's perspective and plans;
Part II. Origin and Genesis of Complementarity:
4. The genesis of complementarity;
5. Reflections on complementarity at the Rome Conference and beyond;
6. The rise and fall of complementarity;
Part III. Analytical Dimensions of Complementarity:
7. Complementarity as global governance;
8. Policy through complementarity: the atrocity trial as justice;
9. Taking complementarity seriously: on the sense and sensibility of 'classical', 'positive' and 'negative' complementarity;
10. International criminal justice in the era of failed states: the ICC and the self-referral debate;
11. The quest for constructive complementarity;
12. Reframing positive complementarity: reflections on the first decade and insights from the US federal criminal justice system;
13. Too much of a good thing? Implementation and the uses of complementarity;
Part IV. Interpretation and Application:
14. The application of the principle of complementarity to the decision of where to open an investigation: the admissibility of 'situations';
15. Situations and case: defining the parameters;
16. The inaction controversy: neglected words and new opportunities;
17. Admissibility procedure;
18. The evolution of the ICC jurisprudence on admissibility;
19. Interpretative gravity under the ICC statute: identifying common gravity criteria;
20. Complementarity and burden allocation.

ISBN: 9781107011588

Subjects--Topical Terms:
1.International criminal courts2.International offences - Law and legislation

Dewey Class. No.: 341.77 / STA-I