Table of Contents

PART I: INTRODUCTION; 1. Fundamentals of international criminal law; 2. General principles of international criminal law; 3. The elements of international crimes; PART II: SUBSTANTIVE CRIMINAL LAW; SECTION I: INTERNATIONAL CRIMES; 4. War crimes; 5. Crimes against humanity; 6. Genocide; 7. Torture as a discrete crime, and aggression; SECTION II: MODES OF CRIMINAL LIABILITY; 9. Perpetration and joint criminal enterprise; 10. Other modes of liability; 11. Criminal liability for omissions; SECTION III: CIRCUMSTANCES EXCLUDING CRIMINAL LIABILITY; 12. Justifications and excuses; 13. Other excuses: superior order, necessity, duress and mistake; 14. Immunities; PART III: PROSECUTION AND PUNISHMENT BY INTERNATIONAL COURTS; 15. The establishment of international criminal tribunals; 16. International versus national jurisdiction; 17. The adoption of the essential features of the adversarial system; 18. General principles governing international criminal trials; 19. Stages of international proceedings in outline - Pre-trial and trial; 20. Appeals and enforcement; 20. The specificity of international trials

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About the Author

Antonio Cassese is Professor of International Law at Florence University and member of the Institut de droit International. He was President of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia. He has been awarded the Wolfgang Friedmann Memorial Award for 2007 for outstanding contributions to the field of international law.