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Sentencing and the Gravity of the Offence in International Criminal Law
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The issue of international criminal law concerning the gravity of the offences listed in the Statutes of the International Tribunals has been discussed in this article, where the same act when charged as a crime against humanity or genocide is punished more severely than when charged by a war crime.Abstract:
An issue has recently arisen in international criminal law concerning the gravity of the offences listed in the Statutes of the International Tribunals: Should offences be ranked according to their seriousness and, hence, as entailing heavier or lighter punishment? Should the same act when charged as a crime against humanity or genocide be punished more severely than when charged as a war crime?read more
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An Introduction to International Criminal Law and Procedure
TL;DR: The fourth edition of this leading textbook as discussed by the authors provides readers with comprehensive coverage and a high level of academic rigour while maintaining its signature accessible and engaging style, introducing the readers to the fundamental concepts of international criminal law, as well as the domestic and international institutions that enforce that law.
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The UN International Criminal Tribunals: The Former Yugoslavia, Rwanda and Sierra Leone
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Fact-Finding without Facts: The Uncertain Evidentiary Foundations of International Criminal Convictions
TL;DR: The evidence supporting international criminal convictions as discussed by the authors has been used to support international criminal conviction and international criminal sentences, but the information unconveyed and educational, linguistic, and cultural impediments to accurate fact-finding at the international tribunals have been identified.
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Consistency of international sentencing: ICTY and ICTR case study
TL;DR: In this article, the authors investigate the consistency of international sentencing in the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICT for the former Yugoslavia) and the International criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR for Rwanda).
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Reducing Genocide to Law: Definition, Meaning, and the Ultimate Crime
TL;DR: The power of a word and the potentialities of jurisprudence have been discussed in this paper, where the core elements of international crimes are discussed and the taxonomy of crimes is presented.
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The spirit of the laws
TL;DR: Montesquieu explores the essentials of good government; compares and contrasts despotism, monarchy, and democracy; and discusses the factors that lead to corruption of governments as discussed by the authors. Among the many other topics considered are education of the citizenry, crime and punishment, abuse of power and of liberty, individual rights, taxation, slavery, the role of women, the influence of climate on the temper of a people and their form of government, commerce, religion, and a host of additional subjects.
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Principles of Criminal Law
TL;DR: The second edition has been revised to include discussions of all major developments since 1991 and has been expanded to provide more coverage of substantive law as discussed by the authors, which is intended for undergraduate and postgraduate students studying criminal law, academics and some practitioners of criminal law.
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The International and Comparative Law Quarterly
TL;DR: In this article, the authors argue that legal institutions and practices are not easily ‘cut and paste’ from one jurisdiction to another, and they call for harmonization and building an international consensus around best-practice recommendations for more legitimate, efficient and harmonized enforcement practices.