| Double Jeopardy Without Parameters: Re-Characterization in International Criminal Law Volume 2 Contributor(s): Olusanya, Olaoluwa (Author) |
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ISBN: 9050953891 ISBN-13: 9789050953894 Publisher: Intersentia OUR PRICE: $82.17 Product Type: Paperback Published: June 2004 Annotation: This book deals with the double jeopardy rule, namely the practice of multiple characterisation of the same facts, under different headings, in international criminal law. Such practice is problematic, due to the fact that know how it works within the context of international criminal law. How does one distinguish a situation in which an act may appear simultaneously to breach several criminal provisions, whilst in reality it violates only one, from another where the act does in fact breach more than one criminal provision? International crimes such as genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes cannot be confined a single category of well-defined offences such as murder, voluntary or involuntary manslaughter, theft, etc. Instead these crimes embrace broad clusters of identical offences and share certain general legal features. Multiple characterisation of the same facts under different headings in international criminal law is therefore a complex legal problem. Every case of mult |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Law | Criminal Law - General - Law | International |
| Dewey: 345.04 |
| LCCN: 2004459088 |
| Series: Supranational Criminal Law |
| Physical Information: 278 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This book deals with the double jeopardy rule, namely the practice of multiple characterisation of the same facts, under different headings, in international criminal law. |
