This is the first volume of an authoritative three-volume treatise on international criminal law. The text provides comprehensive treatment of issues relevant to the foundations, general part of international criminal law, and general principles of international criminal justice.
Since the adoption of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court in 1998, international criminal law has rapidly grown in importance. This third volume offers a comprehensive analysis of the procedures and implementation of international law by international criminal tribunals and the International Criminal Court. Through analysis of the framework of international criminal procedure, the author considers each stage in the process of proceedings before the ICC, including the role of legal participants, the scope of jurisdiction, and the enforcement of sentences.
Intended for use by law students of criminal procedure. It is a succinct analysis of the constitutional standards of major current significance. This is not a text on criminal procedure, but rather about constitutional criminal procedure. It avoids describing the non-constitutional standards applied in each state and federally. The text provides the scope and highlights you need to excel in understanding this field. This will enable you to answer exam questions more quickly and accurately, and enhance your skills as an attorney.
A student treatise that explains the basic rules on all core criminal law topics, including the Model Penal Code’s position and the most of the common deviations from it.
Expert authors introduce the study of criminal procedure. The Exclusionary Evidence Rule and other remedies for constitutional violations are covered, as well as the law of arrest. Covers the law of searches and provides a framework for analyzing its validity. Overviews privilege against self-incrimination, offers eyewitness identification techniques, and identifies the general restrictions on the identification procedure. Looks at initial custodial decisions, preliminary hearing, grand jury, discovery, and the right to a speedy trial. Examines pleas, adversarial rights, appeals, and double jeopardy. Also covers the right to counsel, effective assistance of counsel, habeas corpus, and state constitutions as an independent source of rights.