Includes bibliographical references and index.

Preface -- List of abbreviations -- List of contributors. Introduction: international criminal law in context / Philipp Kastner. Part 1 Contextualising international criminal law : The conscience of civilisation, and its discontents: a counter history of international criminal law / Gerry Simpson -- The subjects of international criminal law / Fr�ed�eric M�egret -- The idea of transitional justice: international criminal justice and beyond / Wendy Lambourne. Part 2 International crimes : Genocide: to prevent and punish "radical evil" / Eyal Mayroz -- Crimes against humanity: the concept of humanity in international law / Rapha�elle Nollez-Goldbach -- War crimes: increasing compliance with international humanitarian law through international criminal law? / Dale Stephens and Thomas Wooden -- Sexual and gender-based crimes / Rosemary Grey -- The crime of aggression: shifting authority for international peace? / Sean Richmond -- Rethinking liberal legality through the African Court of Justice and Human Rights: re-situating economic crimes and other enablers of violence / Kamari Maxine Clark. Part 3 The implementation of international criminal law : The ad hoc tribunals: image, origins, pathways, legacies / Timothy William Waters -- Hybrid tribunals: institutional experiments and the potential for creativity within international criminal law / Philipp Kastner -- The International Criminal Court: between law and politics / Christian M. De Vos -- Complementary revisited: national prosecutions of international crimes and the gaps in international law / Fannie Lafontaine and Sophie Gagn�e -- The influence of international human rights law on international criminal procedure / Yvonne McDermott -- "And where the offence is, let the great axe fall": sentencing under international criminal law / Mark A. Drumbl -- The role of victims: emerging rights to participation and reparation in international criminal courts / Stephen Smith Cody and Eric Stover. Index.

Provides a critical and contextual introduction to the fundamentals of international criminal law. it goes beyond a doctrinal analysis focused on the practice of itnernational tribunals to draw on a variety of perspectives, capturing the complex processes of internationalization that criminal law has experienced over the past few decades. The book considers international law in context and seeks to account for the political and cultural factors that have influenced - and that continue to influence - this still-emerging body of law. Considering the substance, procedures, objectives, justification and impacts of international criminal law, it address such topics as: the history of itnernational criminal law; the subjects of international criminal law; transitional justice and international criminal justice; genocide, crimes against humanity, war crimes and the crime of aggression; sexual and gender-based crimes; international and hybrid criminal tribunals; sentencing under international criminal law; and the role of victims in international criminal law.