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The Diversification and Fragmentation of International Criminal Law.

This volume deals with the tension between unity and diversification which has gained a central place in the debate under the label of 'fragmentation'. It explores the meaning, articulation and risks of this phenomenon in a specific area: International Criminal Justice. It brings together...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Herik, Larissa van den
Otros Autores: Stahn, Carsten
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Leiden : BRILL, 2012.
Colección:Leiden studies on the frontiers of international law.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The Diversification and Fragmentation of International Criminal Law; Copyright; Contents; Abbreviations ; Preface and Acknowledgments ; Introduction ; I. Institutional fragmentation ; II. Substantive fragmentation ; III. Procedural fragmentation ; Chapter 1 'Fragmentation', Diversification and '3D' Legal Pluralism: International Criminal Law as the Jack-in-the-Box?; 1. Introduction.
  • 2. International criminal law as a 'new' response 3. 'Institutional fragmentation': Imminent or exaggerated judicial turf wars? ; 3.1 Positioning the ICJ in its relation to international criminal courts ; 3.2 International criminal courts and tribunals: One 'big happy family'?
  • 3.3 'Vertical fragmentation': The multiple identities of national courts 3.4 The relationship between international criminal courts and alternative transitional justice mechanisms ; 3.5 The relationship between international criminal courts and human rights courts.
  • 3.6 Towards a 'community of courts'? 4. 'Substantive fragmentation': The eye of the beholder ; 4.1 International criminal law as a 'regime' or 'system' ; 4.2 Sources of law as source of 'fragmentation' ; 4.2.1 Use of customary international law ; 4.2.2 General principles.
  • 4.3 Interpretation and the ICC's telos and zelos 4.3.1 Textual v. purpose-based approach towards interpretation ; 4.3.2 Judicial creativity ; 4.4 Normative conflict and hierarchy; 4.4.1 Interpretative disputes ; 4.4.2 Norm collision ; 5. Procedural fragmentation.