International Criminal Procedure: The Interface of Civil Law and Common Law Legal Systems - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0857939572 ISBN 13: 9780857939579

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing, 2013

Synopsis

The emergence of international criminal courts, beginning with the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia and including the International Criminal Court, has also brought an evolving international criminal procedure. In this book, the authors examine selected issues that reflect a blending of, or choice between, civil law and common law models of procedure. The topics include background on civil law and common law legal systems; plea bargaining; witness proofing; written and oral evidence; self-representation and the use of assigned, standby, and amicus counsel; the role of victims; and the right to appeal.International Criminal Procedure will appeal to academics, students, researchers, lawyers and judges working in the field of international criminal law.

About this title

About the Author:

Edited by Linda E. Carter, Distinguished Professor of Law Emerita, McGeorge School of Law, University of the Pacific, US and Fausto Pocar, Professor Emeritus of International Law, University of Milan, Italy and Judge, ICTY, ICTR and ICJ

Review:

`Professor Carter, Judge Pocar and the individual authors of ICP have made an important contribution to international justice by blending many of the challenges of crafting the right international criminal procedures into a single, useful volume .' -- Dan Saxon, The Cambridge Law Journal `International Criminal Procedure, edited by two insiders to international criminal proceedings, Professor Linda Carter and Professor Fausto Pocar, a judge at the ICTY and a former President of this Tribunal, is a coherently organized, well-researched, very informative and not the least elegantly-written contribution to a young and rapidly developing legal sub-discipline. The book provides its reader with a highly accessible and up-to date introduction into key elements of international criminal procedure as well as with critical commentary and rich inspiration for improvements of current practices.' -- Claus Kress LL.M. (Cantab.), University of Cologne, Germany and Institute for International Peace and Security Law `This book addresses compelling issues that have come before international criminal tribunals. They include the self-representation of accused persons, plea bargaining and victim participation. It usefully approaches all of the issues and problems from a comparative law perspective. This excellent and accessible work is essential reading for practitioners, faculty and students of international criminal law.' -- Richard Goldstone, Retired Justice of the Constitutional Court of South Africa and former Chief Prosecutor of the International Criminal Tribunals for the former Yugoslavia and for Rwanda

About this edition

• Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
• Publication date: 2013
• ISBN 10: 0857939572
• ISBN 13: 9780857939579
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 272
• Editor: Carter Linda E., Pocar Fausto