Pluralism in international criminal law / edited by Elies van Sliedregt ad Sergey Vasiliev.

"This volume is a collection of papers presented at the conference 'Pluralism v Harmonization: National Adjudication of International Crimes' that was held in June 2012 in Amsterdam."--Page vi.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Pluralism : a new framework for international criminal justice / Elies van Sliedregt and Sergey Vasiliev -- Legal transplants or legal patchworking? : the creation of international criminal law as a pluralistic body of law / Cassandra Steer -- The curious criminality of mass atrocity : diverse actors, multiple truths, and plural responses / Mark A. Drumbl -- Organizational criminality / Jens David Ohlin -- Pluralism in theories of liability : joint criminal enterprise versus joint perpetration / Marjolein Cupido -- Fragmentation and harmonization in the development of evidentiary practices in international criminal tribunals / John D. Jackson and Yassin M. Brunger -- Consistency and pluralism of international sentencing : an empirical assessment of the ICTY and ICTR practice / Barbora Hold -- National adjudication of international crimes : a Dutch approach / Ruth A. Kok -- Pluralism and the rights of the accused in international criminal proceedings / Alexander Zahar -- The nature of international crimes and evidentiary challenges : preserving quality while managing quantity / Elinor Fry -- Evidentiary challenges for the defence : domestic and international prosecutions of international crimes / Wayne Jordash and Matthew R. Crowe -- Establishing degrees of responsibility : modes of participation in Article 25 of the ICC statute / Gerhard Werle and Boris Burghardt -- Ten reasons for adopting a universal concept of participation in atrocity / James G. Stewart -- Collective intentions and individual criminal responsibility in international criminal law / Javid Gadirov -- Evidence and selection of judges in international criminal tribunals : the need for a harmonized approach / Peter Murphy and Lina Baddour.

International crimes are mostly prosecuted at the national level and domestic judges have to contend with a plethora of divergent judgments from international tribunals and other domestic courts. This book assesses the impact of this legal pluralism, exploring whether divergence can be accepted as a regular feature of international criminal justice.

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