In this book, Otto Spijkers describes how moral values have determined the founding of the United Nations Organization in 1945 and the evolution of its purposes, principles and policies since then.
The International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda December 2008
Book | 1st edition 2011 | World | André Klip, Göran Sluiter
This thirty second volume of annotated leading case law of international criminal tribunals contains decisions taken by the ICTR in December 2008. It provides the reader with the full text of the most important decisions, identical to the original version and including concurring, separate and dissenting opinions. Distinguished experts in the field of international criminal law have commented the decisions.
Victim Participation in International Criminal Proceedings
Book | 1st edition 2011 | World | Brianne McGonigle Leyh
In early 2006, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights called for more detailed research into the relevant international standards and national and international practices concerning the role of victims in criminal proceedings. In response to this call and the increased attention paid to victims at international criminal institutions, this study explores the role of victims in international criminal proceedings.
Equality and Social Justice in Societies Emerging from Conflict
Book | 1st edition 2011 | World | Gaby Oré Aguilar, Felipe Gómez Isa
This volume contributes thoughtful and rigorous research to the fundamental question how to apply truth, justice, reparations and institutional reform to fundamental – and often ancestral – inequalities in each transitional society.
Book | 1st edition 2011 | World | Katharina Boele-Woelki, Joanna K. Miles, Jens Scherpe
This book covers five areas of family property law in Europe: Matrimonial Property Law in Europe, Family Contracts – Issues of Autonomy, Protection of Older People in Law, Freedom of Testation and Protection of Family Members, and the Unification of Private International Law. These issues are discussed throughout the book, together addressing the broad question: what might be the future of family property law in Europe?
The International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda 2007-2008
Book | 1st edition 2011 | World | André Klip, Göran Sluiter
This thirty-first volume of annotated leading case law of international criminal tribunals contains decisions taken by the ICTR in the years 2007-2008.
International Intervention, State-Building and Criminal Justice Reform in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Book | 1st edition 2011 | World | Andy Aitchison
Making the Transition provides an analysis of processes of reform, reconstruction and restructuring in the criminal justice field in Bosnia and Herzegovina in the years since it completed a violent secession from the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (SFRY). Across the three sectors of policing, courts and prisons, the work details the challenges facing Bosnia and Herzegovina and explores a range of internationally-sponsored reform initiatives. These three sectors are often examined independently of each other, but by analysing their development side by side it is Making the Transition is able to determine common challenges while establishing different logics and methods of international intervention.
The International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia 2004 - 2005
Book | 1st edition 2011 | World | André Klip, Göran Sluiter
This twenty-sixth volume of annotated leading case law of international criminal tribunals contains decisions taken by the ICTY in the years 2004-2005.
This book provides a critical analysis of the principle of mutual recognition of judicial decisions in criminal matters in the EU, through a detailed assessment of its most prominent instrument, the European Arrest Warrant (EAW). It conceptualises and contextualises the lack of clear vision in the building up of the area of freedom, security and justice from an EU constitutional law, as well as a comparative and international criminal law standpoint.
Patterns of Supranational and Transnational Juridification
Book | 1st edition 2010 | World | Rainer Nickel
This book seeks to find new ways for a democratisation of European and transnational governance outside traditional models, and more convincing ways of a European and transnational ‘juridification’ that reconciles democracy, diversity, and social rights.
The International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda 2006-2007
Book | 1st edition 2010 | World | André Klip, Göran Sluiter
This twenty-fifth volume of annotated leading case law of international criminal tribunals contains decisions taken by the ICTR in the years 2006-2007.
Book | 1st edition 2010 | World | Jan Wouters, Eva Brems, Stefaan Smis, Pierre Schmitt
The present book, with carefully selected contributions from many prominent scholars and practitioners, is the first to explore situations in which human rights are threatened or violated through the actions, operations or policies of international organizations in a comprehensive manner and to examine the accountability mechanisms that are available.
This book provides a comparative analysis of the process of fact-finding in the litigation process. It offers theoretical insights on the distinctive features of the fact-finding arrangements in civil cases andt also examines the empirical data that shed light on the operation of procedural rules in legal practice.
Book | 1st edition 2010 | World | C.H. van Rhee, Alan Uzelac
This book supplies a number of perspectives on the development of enforcement of court judgments and other enforceable documents in Europe. The articles are written by experts from legal academia and professionals involved in enforcement practice. New trends are highlighted.
Book | 1st edition 2010 | World | André Klip, Göran Sluiter
Contributors: Gissou Azarnia, Gideon Boas, Miranda Boone, Anne-Marie de Brouwer, Pedro Caeiro, Thom Dieben, Erica Finkle, Stijn Franken, Håkan Friman, Zoe Konstantopoulou, Miguel Ângelo Lemos, Marc Mackarel, Michael Moesenthin, Hadassa Noorda, John O’Dowd, Göran Sluiter and Tjarda van der Spoel.
The International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia 2003-2004
Book | 1st edition 2010 | World | André Klip, Göran Sluiter
Contributors: André de Hoogh, Micaela Frulli, Desi Stoichkova, Menno Dolman, Göran Sluiter, Ruth Kok,Els Dinjens, Jan Fermon, Mohamed M. El Zeidy, Megan Fairlie, Karel de Meester, Ola Olusanya, Alexander Zahar, Christine Byron, Max du Plessis, Stefano Manacorda, Gerard de Jonge and Roman Graf
Book | 1st edition 2010 | World | André Klip, Göran Sluiter
Contributors: Denis Abels, Kai Ambos, Cécile Aptel, Amir Cengic, Annelisa Ciampi, Annemarie De Brouwer, Karel de Meester, Håkan Friman, Marc Groenhuijsen, Dov Jacobs, Erik Kok, Guénaël Mettraux, Ioannis Naziris, Astrid Reisinger, Lela Scott, Sergey Vasiliev, Alexander Zahar and Salvatore Zappala
Book | 1st edition 2010 | World | Desislava Stoitchkova
Seeking to address the problem of corporate involvement in grave human rights abuse, i.e. genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes, this study explores the desirability and feasibility of subjecting business enterprises to regulation through international criminal law.
Book | 1st edition 2010 | World | Jane Mair, Esin Örücü
This edited volume tests the Principles of European Family Law on Parental Responsibilities in a range of legal systems, and in so doing assesses these legal systems in view of the Principles, and the Principles in view of these legal systems.
