The Oxford Companion to International Criminal Justice

Antonio Cassese is Professor of International Law at the University of Florence

PART A: MAJOR PROBLEMS OF INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL JUSTICE ; I. HOW TO FACE INTERNATIONAL CRIMES ; Collective Violence and International Crimes ; State Responsibility and Criminal Liability of Individuals ; Alternatives to International Criminal Justice ; II. FUNDAMENTALS OF INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL LAW ; Sources of International Criminal Law ; General Principles of International Criminal Law ; International Criminalization of Prohibited Conduct ; Gender-related Violence and International Criminal Law and Justice ; Modes of International Criminal Liability ; III. THE INTERPLAY OF INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL LAW AND OTHER BODIES OF LAW ; Comparative Criminal Law as a Necessary Tool for the Application of International Criminal Law ; The Influence of the Common Law and Civil Law Traditions on International Criminal Law ; Humanitarian Law and International Criminal Law ; IV. INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL TRIALS ; The Rationale for International Criminal Justice ; International Criminal Justice in Historical Perspective: The Tension Between States' Interests and the Pursuit of International Justice ; The International Criminal Court as a Turning Point in the History of International Criminal Justice ; The International Criminal Court and Third States ; Politics and Justice: The Role of the Security Council ; Problematical Features of International Criminal Procedure ; Cooperation of States with International Criminal Tribunals ; Means of Gathering Evidence and Arresting Suspects in Situations of States' failure to Cooperate ; International v. National Prosecution of International Crimes ; Judicial Activism v. Judicial Restraint in International Criminal Law ; PART B: ISSUES, INSTITUTIONS AND PERSONALITIES ; PART C: CASES