Criminal theory and international human rights law /

"The development of an international human rights jurisprudence on criminalization is in its relative infancy. Nonetheless, systematic examination of international decisions on acts engaging the criminal law reveals an emerging human rights approach to the acceptability, or not, of criminalizat...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Malby, Steven (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2020.
Series:Routledge research in human rights law.
Subjects:
Criminal liability (International law)
International law and human rights > Criminal provisions.
Human rights > Europe > Criminal provisions.
Responsabilité pénale (Droit international)
Droit international et droits de l'homme > Droit pénal.
Droits de l'homme (Droit international) > Europe > Droit pénal.
LAW > General.
LAW > Civil Rights.
LAW > Comparative.
Human rights > Criminal provisions
Europe
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • An international human rights law approach
  • Rights in criminal theory
  • Crime and criminalization obligations in international human rights law
  • Criminalization in human rights treaties
  • Criminalization in human rights cases
  • Reasoning in criminalization cases
  • Differences between criminal theory and an international human rights law approach
  • The value of international human rights law for criminal theory
  • Conclusion.

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