Justice in extreme cases : Meets international criminal law.
By: Robinson, Darry.
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BookPublisher: United Kingdom ; 2020Description: xix, 305 p. : 23 cm.ISBN: 9781107041615.Subject(s): Criminal LawDDC classification: 345 ROB Summary: In Justice in Extreme Cases, Darryl Robinson argues that the encounter between criminal law theory and international criminal law (ICL) can be illuminating in two directions: criminal law theory can challenge and improve ICL, and conversely, ICL's novel puzzles can challenge and improve mainstream criminal law theory. Robinson recommends a 'coherentist' method for discussions of principles, justice and justification. Coherentism recognizes that prevailing understandings are fallible, contingent human constructs. This book will be a valuable resources to scholars and jurists in ICL, as well as scholars of criminal law theory and legal philosophy.
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Contents
Acknowledgements... viii
Cases, Statuses, and other authorities... x
List of Abbreviations... xvii
Part I Introduction and Problem
1 Introduction... 3
2 The Identity Crisis of International Criminal Law... 20
Part II Proposed Solution: A Humanist, Coherentist, Deontic Account
3 The Humanity of Criminal Justice... 59
4 Fundamentals without Foundations... 85
5 Criminal law Theory in Extremis... 119
6 An Unresolved Contradiction... 143
7 The Outer Limits of Culpability... 177
8 The Genius of Command Responsibility... 194
9 Horizons: The Future of the Justice Conversation... 224
In Justice in Extreme Cases, Darryl Robinson argues that the encounter between criminal law theory and international criminal law (ICL) can be illuminating in two directions: criminal law theory can challenge and improve ICL, and conversely, ICL's novel puzzles can challenge and improve mainstream criminal law theory. Robinson recommends a 'coherentist' method for discussions of principles, justice and justification. Coherentism recognizes that prevailing understandings are fallible, contingent human constructs. This book will be a valuable resources to scholars and jurists in ICL, as well as scholars of criminal law theory and legal philosophy.
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