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CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS The Crime Of Aggression Under The Rome Statute Of The International Criminal Court by Carrie McDougall
This guide to the crime of aggression provisions under the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court ICC offers an exhaustive and sophisticated legal analysis of the crimes definition, as well as the jurisdictional provisions governing the ICCs exercise of jurisdiction over the crime. A range of practical issues likely to arise in prosecutions of the crime of aggression before the ICC are canvassed, as is the issue of the domestic prosecution of the crime. It also offers an insight into the geopolitical significance of the crime of aggression and the activation of the ICCs ability to exercise its jurisdiction over the crime. The authors intimate involvement in the crimes negotiations, combined with extensive scholarly reflection on the criminalisation of inter-State uses of armed force, makes this highly relevant to all academics and practitioners interested in the crime of aggression.show more