The Crime of Aggression under the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court

This edition provides a comprehensively updated guide to the crime of aggression under the Statute of the International Criminal Court.

Carrie McDougall (Author)

9781108488204, Cambridge University Press

Hardback, published 12 August 2021

524 pages
23.5 x 15.8 x 3.1 cm, 0.84 kg

After the crime of aggression was adopted under the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court, Carrie McDougall used her intimate involvement in the crime's negotiations, combined with extensive scholarly reflection to produce the first and most comprehensive academic study. This updated second edition offers an exhaustive and sophisticated legal analysis of the crime's definition, as well as the provisions governing the ICC's exercise of jurisdiction over the crime. It explores the desirability of holding individuals to account for unlawful uses of inter-State armed force, the geo-political significance of the crime and a range of practical issues likely to arise in prosecutions before both the ICC and domestic courts. This book is highly relevant to all academics and practitioners interested in the crime of aggression, as well as broader issues relating to the prohibition of the use of force, international criminal law and the ICC.

1. The crime of aggression under the Rome statute of the international criminal court: an introduction
2. Criminalising aggression
3. An act of aggression: by any other name
4. The elevation of acts of aggression to the state act element of the crime of aggression
5. The individual conduct elements of the crime
6. The court's jurisdiction over the crime of aggression
7. 2017 and beyond
Index.

Subject Areas: Criminal procedure: law of evidence [LNFX3], Criminal justice law [LNFB], Criminal law & procedure [LNF], International criminal law [LBBZ], Public international law [LBB]