Table of Contents:
Preface;
Acknowledgements;
Introduction;
List of Abbreviations;
Chapter 1: Emergence in Positive International Criminal Law;
Introduction;
The Making of the Charter: Law and Policy Considerations;
The Legislative History of Article 6(c);
Formulations Arising as a Result of the Charter;
Chapter 2: Sources: The Law of Armed Conflicts;
Historical Evolution;
"Crimes Against Humanity" as an Outgrowth of War Crimes;
The Connection Between War Crimes and "Crimes Against Humanity"
Affirmation of the New Custom;
Chapter 3: Threshold Issues of Legal Philosophy;
Historical Perspective;
Philosophical Underpinnings;
The Philosophy of International Law and the Law of the Charter;
The Charter's Dilemma: Between Law and Morality;
Pragmatism Prevails;
Chapter 4: Principles of Legality and the Law of the Charter;
Principles of Legality in the World's Major Criminal Justice Systems;
Principles of Legality in International Criminal Law;
The Charter and the Post-World War II Prosecution's Treatment of the Question ;
Assessing the Arguments of Legality in the Law of the Charter –Post-Charter Legal Developments ;
Post-Charter Enunciations ;
Chapter 5: Post-Charter Legal Developments ;
Substantive Developments ;
Codification of "Crimes Against Humanity;
The Work of the ILC;
The Statutes of the ICTY and ICTR;
The Security Council's Formulations ;
The ICC Statute: The Latest Development ;
Other Normative Proscriptions Applicable to the Same Protected Interests ;
1948 Genocide Convention ;
1949 Geneva Conventions and 1977 Protocols ;
1973 Apartheid Convention;
Chapter 6: The International or jurisdictional element;
Chapter 7: The methods of identifying specific contents and the contents of the specific crimes formulated in the charter and in subsequent formulations;
Chapter 8: Ratione personae and elements of criminal responsibility;
Chapter 9: Defenses and exonerations;
Chapter 10: Individual criminal responsibility and international prosecutions; Concluding assessment; Index.