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In this Handbook, editor Philip Reichel has brought together renowned scholars from around the world to offer various perspectives providing global coverage of the increasingly transnational nature of crime and the attempts to provide cooperative cross-national responses. This volume not only has a comprehensive introduction to the topic of transnational crime but also provides specific examples such as international terrorism, drug trafficking, and money laundering to illustrate this ever expanding phenomenon. The Handbook also examines cross-national and international efforts by police, courts, international agencies, and correctional authorities to deal with transnational crime. Part IV concludes the book by addressing emerging issues in transnational crime and justice with particular attention given to transnational organized crime in all regions of the world.
War Crimes, Crimes against Humanity, and Genocide in International Criminal Law
War Crimes, Crimes against Humanity, and Genocide in International Criminal Law
Criminal law is often thought of as a means of maintaining human order within the confines of a specific community. The courts apply the criminal law according to a specific geographical area that they refer to as their “jurisdiction.”1 However, notions of what constitutes the boundaries of a community are relative and have changed over time.2
Universal recognition and acceptance of a body of law referred to as “international criminal law” is not without its detractors.3 It is a question of how it is viewed. If international criminal law is seen as merely an extension or part of national law, then it is not a ...
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