The principle of legality in international and comparative criminal law

Gallant, Kenneth S., 1951-

The principle of legality in international and comparative criminal law [electronic resource] / Kenneth S. Gallant. - Cambridge [UK] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2009. - xxi, 603 p. - Cambridge studies in international and comparative law . - Cambridge studies in international and comparative law (Cambridge, England : 1996) .

Includes bibliographical references (p. 541-551) and index.

1. Legality in criminal law, its purposes, and its competitors; 2. A partial history to World War II; 3. Nuremberg, Tokyo, and other post-war cases; 4. Modern development of international human rights law: practice involving multilateral treaties and the universal declaration of human rights; 5. Modern comparative law development: national provisions concerning legality; 6. Legality in the modern international and internationalized criminal courts and tribunals; 7. Legality as a rule of customary international law today; Conclusion: the endurance of legality in national and international criminal law.

This book fills a major gap in the scholarly literature concerning international criminal law, comparative criminal law, and human rights law. The principle of legality is fundamental to criminal law and human rights law, yet this is the first book-length study of its status in these fields. Read less



Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.

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Criminal jurisdiction.
International crimes.
Human rights.
International criminal courts.
Criminal law.

K5165 / .G35 2009
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