| Description |
viii, 224 pages ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
Protection of human rights by means of criminal law : on the relationship between criminal law and politics / Jorg Arnold -- Global constitutional struggles : human rights between colere publique and colere politique / Andreas Fischer-Lescano -- The future of universal jurisdiction / Peter Weiss -- On the aims and actual consequences of international prosecution of human rights crimes / Peer Stolle and Tobias Singelnstein -- Prosecuting international crimes at the national and international level : between justice and realpolitik / Kai Ambos -- Addressing the relationship between state immunity and Jus Cogens norms : a comparative assessment / Lorna McGregor -- Universal jurisdiction : developing and implementing an effective global strategy / Christopher Keith Hall -- German international criminal law in practice : from Leipzig to Karlsruhe / Wolfgang Kaleck -- The pinochet effect and the Spanish contribution to universal jurisdiction / Naomi Roht-Arriaza -- Implementing the principle of universal jurisdiction in France / Jeanne Sulzer -- The political funeral procession for the Belgian UJ statute / Michael Verhaeghe -- The approach of the United Kingdom to crimes under international law : the application of extraterritorial jurisdiction / Carla Ferstman -- Coming to terms with genocide in Rwanda : the role of international and national justice / Dieter Magsam -- Military necessity, torture, and the criminality of lawyers / Scott Horton -- The prohibition of torture : absolute means absolute / Nigel S. Rodley -- Litigating Guantanamo / Michael Ratner -- Universality, complementarity, and the duty to prosecute crimes under international law in Germany / Florian Jessberger |
| Summary |
Contains papers from a conference organized by the Berlin-based Republikanischer Anwältinnen- und Anwälteverein (Republican Lawyers Association) and the New York-based Center for Constitutional Rights was held in Berlin in June 2005 under the title Globalverfassung versus Realpolitik (Global Constitution versus Realpolitik) |
| Notes |
Based on a conference "...held in Berlin in June 2005 under the title Globalverfssung versus Realpolitik (Global constitution versus Realpolitik)." -- Preface |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Subject |
Crimes against humanity.
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Human rights.
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Criminal jurisdiction.
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Jurisdiction (International law)
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International crimes.
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| Author |
Kaleck, Wolfgang.
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Center for Constitutional Rights (New York, N.Y.)
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Republikanischer Anwa ̈ltinnen- und Anwa ̈ltetag
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| ISBN |
3540366482 paperback alkaline paper |
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9783540366485 softcover alkaline paper |
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