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Jackson Nyamuya Maogoto

State Sovereignty and International Criminal Law: Versailles to Rome (International and Comparative Criminal Law Series)

by Jackson Maogoto (Author)

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This innovative text is shows how there has been a concerted effort, since the end of World War I, to curb a state's power and freedom of action through the concept of international accountability to a set of recognized rules and norms. A state not only is to adhere to these rules but also can be sanctioned by an international penal process through enforcement of international criminal law. Adoption of the Rome Statute and the creation of the International Criminal Court are the culmination of many years of effort to challenge the power of state action.

Scholars and students of international law with an interest in international criminal law will find this volume an interesting narrative of how the developments of international penal mechanisms of the 20th century have contributed to a diminution of state sovereignty.

Published under the Transnational Publishers imprint.

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157105295X
ISBN-13

978-1571052957
Publisher

Brill Nijhoff
Publication date

September 1, 2003
Language

English
Dimensions

6.25 x 1 x 9.25 inches
Print length

324 pages
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Outstanding contribution to modern academia

Reviewed in the United States on November 26, 2003

This great tome analyses the important role played by international penal process in changing the notions of sovereignty. It argues that the significance of international penal process and its accompanying tenet of international justice reflects an evolution in the perception of sovereignty heralding a qualitative shift from State supremacy to an ethical vision in which human values ultimately prevail over State rights where the two are in conflict. The book offers an analysis of the ways sovereignty has been chipped away, both from the outside and from within, as the concept of an international penal process has been increasingly recognised as trumping the right of States to hold sole rights in the exercise of certain prerogatives.

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