Provides an examination of substantive, enforcement and procedural aspects of international criminal law. This book gives an examination of international and transnational crimes under treaty and customary law. It includes chapters on various forms of liability and participation in international crime, war crimes, and crimes against humanity.

Providing an introduction to and detailed examination of substantive, enforcement and procedural aspects of international criminal law, this book's examination of international and transnational crimes under treaty and customary law has been fully updated and revised. Exploring the enforcement of international criminal law through an investigation of the practice of the Security Council-based tribunals for Yugoslavia and Rwanda, the International Criminal Court and other hybrid tribunals, such as those for Cambodia, Sierra Leone, Lockerbie and truth commissions, the authors look at terrorism, offences against the person and piracy and jurisdiction and immunities amongst a variety of other topics. New to this edition are four additional chapters on: various forms of liability and participation in international crime; war crimes; crimes against humanity; and, genocide and illegal rendition. This is an ideal text for undergraduate and postgraduate students of law or international relations, practitioners and those interested in gaining an insight into international criminal law.

Chapter 1: THEORY OF INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL LAW
Chapter 2: PRINCIPLES OF LIABILITY AND PARTICIPATION IN INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL LAW
Chapter 3: DEFENCES IN INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL LAW
Chapter 4: STATE JURISDICTION AND IMMUNITIES
Chapter 5: WAR CRIMES AND GRAVE BREACHES
Chapter 6: CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY
Chapter 7: GENOCIDE
Chapter 8: OFFENCES AGAINST THE PERSON
Chapter 9: INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL LAW OF THE SEA
Chapter 10: TERRORISM
Chapter 11: TRANSNATIONAL OFFENCES 1
Chapter 12: TRANSNATIONAL OFFENCES 2
Chapter 13: EXTRADITION
Chapter 14: ABDUCTION
Chapter 15: MUTUAL LEGAL ASSISTANCE
Chapter 16: MUTUAL LEGAL ASSISTANCE: NATIONAL PERSPECTIVES
Chapter 17: INTERNATIONAL POLICE COOPERATION
Chapter 18: INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
Chapter 19: NUREMBERG, TOKYO AND THE BIRTH OF MODERN INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL LAW