Universal Jurisdiction: International and Municipal Legal Perspectives

by Luc Reydams

Overview

This study is a about the ambit of national criminal law. Can a country prosecute and punish a foreigner for a crime committed abroad against another foreigner? This book develops an international legal framework for the problem and examines in great detail the practice in fourteen countries including the US and leading European and Commonwealth jurisdictions.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780199251629
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
Publication date:	08/28/2003
Series:	Oxford Monographs in International Law
Pages:	286
Product dimensions:	9.42(w) x 6.50(h) x 0.81(d)

About the Author

Luc Reydams is Adjunct Assistant Professor at the University of Notre Dame.
Brussels, Attorney (1989-1992)
Max Planck Institute for Foreign and International Criminal Law (Freiburg-i-Br., Germany), Visiting Research Fellow (July-September '98)
University of Notre Dame, Kellogg Institute Dissertation Year Fellowship 1997-98
Luc Reydams has contributed to the American Journal of International Law, Criminal Law Forum, the European Journal of Crime, Criminal Law and Criminal Justice, and the Yearbook of African Law.

Table of Contents

IntroductionUniversal Jurisdiction in International Law1. The General Problem of Jurisdiction in International LawA. The Lotus caseB. Absence of a global convention on criminal jurisdictionC. Consequences of ultra vires jurisdiction and remediesD. Extradition and human rightsE. Burden of proofF. Principles of jurisdictionG. Forms of jurisdictionH. Jurisdiction and globalization: pressure for change2. Universal Jurisdiction in DoctrineA. The co-operative general universality principleB. The co-operative limited universality principleC. The unilateral limited universality principle3. Universal Jurisdiction in Current International TextsA. Multilateral conventionsB. Resolutions of intergovernmental bodiesC. Official drafts and studiesUniversal Jurisdiction in Municipal Law4. Australia5. Austria6. Belgium7. Canada8. Denmark9. France10. Germany11. Netherlands12. Israel13. Senegal14. Spain15. Switzerland16. United Kingdom17. United States

Editorial Reviews

"Meticulously and comprehensively navigates the discourse over a nation-state's authority to prosecute an alleged international criminal.... I am unaware of any other study of universal jurisdiction offering as extensive a compilation and critique of the relevant domestic law."—The American Journal of International Law

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