TY  - BOOK
AU  - Schabas,William
TI  - An introduction to the International Criminal Court
SN  - 9780521537568 (pbk.)
U1  - 345.01 23
PY  - 2004///
CY  - Cambridge, New York
PB  - Cambridge University Press
KW  - International Criminal Court
KW  - International criminal courts
KW  - Netherlands
KW  - Hague
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; Creation of the court -- The Court becomes operational -- Jurisdiction -- Triggering the jurisdiction -- Admissibility -- General principles of criminal law -- Investigation and pre-trial procedure -- Trial and appeal -- Punishment -- Victims of crimes and their concerns -- Structure and administration of the court
N2  - "War criminals have been prosecuted at least since the time of the ancient Greeks, and probably well before that. The idea that there is some common denominator of behaviour, even in the most extreme circumstances of brutal armed conflict, confirms beliefs drawn from philosophy and religion about some of the fundamental values of the human spirit"--
ER  -