An introduction to international criminal law and procedure / Robert Cryer, Darryl Robinson, Sergey Vasiliev.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Preface to the fourth edition -- Introduction: What is international criminal law? -- The aims, objectives and justification of international criminal law -- Jurisdiction -- National prosecutions of international crimes -- State cooperation with respect to national proceedings -- The history of international criminal prosecutions : Nuremberg and Tokyo -- The ad hoc international criminal tribunals -- The International Criminal Court -- Other hybrid and special courts -- Genocide -- Crimes against humanity -- War crimes -- Aggression -- Transnational crimes, terrorism and torture -- General principles of liability -- Defences/grounds for excluding criminal responsibility -- International criminal procedure -- Victims in the international criminal process -- Punishment and sentencing -- State cooperation with the international courts and tribunals -- Immunities -- Alternatives and complements to criminal prosecution -- The future of international criminal law.

"[This book offers] fundamental concepts of international criminal law, as well as the domestic and international institutions that enforce that law, this book engages with critical questions, political and moral challenges, and alternatives to international justice."-- Provided by publisher.