This is the first anthology to bring together legal and philosophical theorists to examine the normative and conceptual foundations of international criminal law.
Introduction Larry May and Zach Hoskins; Part I. Sovereignty and Universal Jurisdiction: 1. International crimes and universal jurisdiction Win-chiat Lee; 2. State sovereignty as an obstacle to international criminal law Kristen Hessler; 3. International criminal courts, the rule of law, and the prevention of harm: building justice in times of injustice Leslie Francis and John Francis; Part II. Culture, Groups, and Corporations: 4. Criminalizing culture Helen Stacy; 5. Identifying groups in genocide cases Larry May; 6. Prosecuting corporations for international crimes: the role for domestic criminal law Joanna Kyriakakis; Part III. Justice and International Criminal Prosecutions: 7. Post war environmental damage: a study in jus post bellum Douglas Lackey; 8. On state self-defense and Guantánamo Bay Steve Viner; 9. Politicizing human rights (using international law) Anat Biletzki; Part IV. Punishment and Reconciliation: 10. The justification of punishment in the international context Deirdre Golash; 11. Political reconciliation and international criminal trials Colleen Murphy.