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From Nuremberg to The Hague is based on a 2002 lecture series by leading experts in international law, including Mr. Sands. Given just as the global war on terror was getting under way, this book is a very brief introduction to legal proceedings that will become prominent in coming years. While not a work that will inform lawyers already in the field, it can be insightful for lawyers and law students not in international law, and it can be a clearly-worded explanation to laypeople. Andrew Clapham's lecture on complicity and complementarity may burst a lot of myths about International Criminal Court jurisdiction: it is only when a country will not prosecute war crimes that the ICC begins to assert itself, something that lawmakers should consider before absolving or pardoning any suspects in recent conflicts. Mr. Sands' own article on the 1998 Pinochet case shows just how much of a watershed this case was: after Pinochet, retired government officials may find unexpected problems if they travel. This was not true after Vietnam, but it is true after Pinochet. The chapters on the ICC and the Rome Statute are short and, of necessity, sketchy, but it's worth reading what experts in the

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Author

Philippe Sands; NetLibrary, Inc

Publisher

Cambridge University Press (Virtual Publishing)

Published

2003

Language

EN

ISBN

9780521829915

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

True Crime, Law, Political Science