International Criminal Law: The Essentials

by Beth Van Schaack

Highly respected educator-scholars Elizabeth Van Schaack and Ronald C. Slye highlight and summarize the major concepts and themes of International Criminal Law with clear, informal language in this concise paperback text.

Van Schaack and Slye provide a general overview of International Criminal Law that includes:

a straightforward introductory chapter explanation and descriptions of the major international crimes, war crimes crimes against humanity genocide aggression terrorism coverage of individual rights and protections and the major defenses available to International Criminal Law defendants references to decisions from outside of the usual Western canon such as those from African, Asian, and Central and South American source discussion of the growing body of international jurisprudence being generated through international tribunals, hybrid tribunals, and other sources If you’re thinking about teaching a course on International Criminal Law, you’ll want to examine this timely, brief, and conceptually organized introductory text, written by two of the leading authorities in the field.

354 pages, Paperback

First published November 14, 2008