The International Law of Responsibility for Economic Crimes
The International Law of Responsibility for Economic Crimes

Author: Ndiva Kofele-Kale

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2016-03-03

Total Pages: 424

ISBN-13: 1317027221

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Focusing on the problem of indigenous spoliation in developing countries, this work explores the controversial issue of spoliation by national officials of the wealth of the states of which they are custodians. Due to constraints of the state system and the lack of appropriate substantive municipal law, efforts to punish those responsible for the economic rape of entire nations and to recover spoliated funds have been frustrated and rendered insubstantial. Taking a multidisciplinary approach and on the basis of data generated from empirical, cross-national research, this study makes the case for indigenous spoliation as a violation of international law. Substantially revised and updated to take account of recent legal and political developments, the second edition will be a valuable resource for academics, practitioners, NGOs, and policymakers.

The International Criminal Responsibility of War's Funders and Profiteers
The International Criminal Responsibility of War's Funders and Profiteers

Author: Nina H. B. Jørgensen

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2020-09-17

Total Pages: 571

ISBN-13: 1108651208

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This book is concerned with the commercial exploitation of armed conflict; it is about money, war, atrocities and economic actors, about the connections between them, and about responsibility. It aims to clarify the legal framework that defines these connections and gives rise to criminal or, in some instances, civil responsibility, referring both to mechanisms for international criminal justice, such as the International Criminal Court, and domestic systems. It considers which economic actors among individuals, businesses, governments and States should be held accountable and before which forum. Additionally, it addresses the question of how to recover illegally acquired profits and redirect them to benefit the victims of war. The chapters shine a critical light on the options provided by a network of laws to ensure that the 'great industrialists' of our time, who find economic opportunities in the war-ravaged lives of others, are unable to pursue those opportunities with impunity.

Individual Criminal Responsibility in International Law
Individual Criminal Responsibility in International Law

Author: E. van Sliedregt

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Published: 2012-03

Total Pages: 370

ISBN-13: 0199560366

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Atrocities such as genocide or crimes against humanity are usually committed by a large number of perpetrators. Moreover, those who masterminded the crimes may not have actively participated. This book sets out how these people can be held responsible for their crimes by international criminal tribunals.

Economic Foundations of International Law
Economic Foundations of International Law

Author: Eric A. Posner

Publisher: Harvard University Press

Published: 2013-01-01

Total Pages: 383

ISBN-13: 0674067630

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Exchange of goods and ideas among nations, cross-border pollution, global warming, and international crime pose formidable questions for international law. Two respected scholars provide an intellectual framework for assessing these problems from a rational choice perspective and describe conditions under which international law succeeds or fails.

The Law of International Responsibility
The Law of International Responsibility

Author: James Crawford

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Published: 2010-05-20

Total Pages: 1364

ISBN-13: 0199296979

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The law of international responsibility is one of international law's core foundational topics. Written by international experts, this book provides an overview of the modern law of international responsibility, both as it applies to states and to international organizations, with a focus on the ILC's work.

War Economies and International Law
War Economies and International Law

Author: Mark B. Taylor

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2021-07-15

Total Pages: 329

ISBN-13: 1108483704

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This book describes how international law regulates the problems that arise where economic activity meets violent conflict.

The Criminal Responsibility of Individuals for Violations of International Humanitarian Law
The Criminal Responsibility of Individuals for Violations of International Humanitarian Law

Author: E. van Sliedregt

Publisher: T.M.C. Asser Press

Published: 2003-11-15

Total Pages: 438

ISBN-13: 9789067041669

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In this book, Elies van Sliedregt examines the concept of individual criminal responsibility for violations of international humanitarian law, including genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes. Such crimes are very rarely committed by single individuals, but mostly by organizations or groups of cooperating persons. For a just determination of their guilt and responsibility, a fair assessment of the mutual relationships and cooperation forms of those individuals is indispensable. This book provides the framework for that assessment. It gives guidance to practitioners and scholars on how to understand and to apply international criminal law concepts such as 'common purpose', 'superior responsibility', 'duress' and the 'defence of superior orders'. It does so by bringing to light the roots of those concepts, which are hidden not only in earlier phases of development of international criminal law, but also in the domestic laws of various states. Elies van Sliedregt has received the Modderman Prize for criminal law 2006 for her dissertation The Criminal Responsibility of Individuals for Violations of International Humanitarian Law. This prestigious biennial prize is awarded by the Modderman foundation.

State Responsibility in the International Legal Order
State Responsibility in the International Legal Order

Author: Katja Creutz

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2020-09-24

Total Pages: 379

ISBN-13: 1108788696

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State responsibility in international law is considered one of the cornerstones of the field. For a long time it remained the exclusive responsibility system due to the primacy of States as subjects of international law. Its unique position has nonetheless been challenged by several developments both within and outside the international legal order, such as the rise of alternative responsibility ideas and practices, as well as globalization and its consequences. This book adopts a critical and holistic approach to the law of State responsibility and analyzes the functionality of the general rules of State responsibility in a changed international landscape characterized by the fragmentation of responsibility. It is argued that State responsibility is not equally relevant across the broad spectrum of international obligations, and that alternative constructions of responsibility, namely international criminal law and international liability, have increased in standing.

Beyond Human Rights
Beyond Human Rights

Author: Anne Peters

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2016-10-27

Total Pages: 645

ISBN-13: 1107164303

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Beyond Human Rights, previously published in German and now available in English, is a historical and doctrinal study about the legal status of individuals in international law.