Critical Approaches to International Criminal Law : An Introduction

This collection of essays is the first dedicated to the topic of critical approaches to international criminal law. Individual criminal accountability is firmly entrenched in both international law and the international consciousness as a necessary mechanism of responsibility. This field has recently experienced a significant surge in attention through scholarship, institutions and public debate, so a more considered interrogation this field is overdue. Including papers from an international range of experts in this area, this book critically examines the central tenets, the limitations and complicities of international criminal law.

Drawing on the critical legal tradition, the collection of international scholars gathered in this volume analyse the complicities and limitations of International Criminal Law. This area of law has recently experienced a significant surge in scholarship and public debate; individual criminal accountability is now firmly entrenched in both international law and the international consciousness as a necessary mechanism of responsibility. Critical Approaches to International Criminal Law: An Introduction shifts the debate towards that which has so far been missing from the mainstream discussion: the possible injustices, exclusions, and biases of International Criminal Law.

This collection of essays is the first dedicated to the topic of critical approaches to international criminal law. It will be a valuable resource for scholars and students of international criminal law, international law, international legal theory, criminal law, and criminology.