Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction : Future perspectives on international criminal justice : through the looking glass / Carsten Stahn & Larissa van den Herik -- 'Satires of circumstance' : some notes on war crimes trials and irony / Gerry Simpson -- The banality of evil on trial / Alette Smeulers & Wouter Werner -- Why international criminal lawyers should read Mirjan Dama�ska / Harmen van der Wilt -- The gentle humanizer of humanitarian law : Antonio Cassese and the creation of the customary law of non-international armed conflict / Tamas Hoffmann -- The international criminal legal process : towards a realistic model of international criminal law in action / Christoph Burchard -- The two liberalisms of international criminal law / Darryl Robinson -- International criminal law at the crossroads : from ad hoc imposition to a treaty-based universal system / Kai Ambos -- In search of the 'vertical' : towards an institutional theory of international criminal justice's core / Frederic Megret -- Situational gravity under the Rome Statute / Kevin Jon Heller -- When law 'expresses' more than it cares to admit : comments on Heller / Mark Osiel -- Should the prosecution of ordinary crimes in domestic jurisdictions satisfy the complementarity principle? / Dawn Sedman -- Interpreting complementarity and interests of justice in the presence of restorative-based alternative forms of justice / Marta Vali�nas -- Universal jurisdiction and the prosecution of excluded asylum seekers / Elizabeth Santalla -- The Inter-American Court of Human Rights and aggravated state responsibility : operationalizing the concept of state crime / Scott Doucet -- Corporations as future subjects of the International Criminal Court : an exploration of the counterarguments and consequences / Larissa van den Herik -- Grey war zone? : the question of contractual control of the privatization of warfare and the civilianization of the military / Dan Kuwali -- Holding private military corporations accountable for their crimes : the applicability of the commander/superior responsibility doctrine to crimes of PMCs / Materneau Chrispin -- Defining the crime of aggression / Astrid Reisinger -- Complementarity and aggression : a ticking time bomb? / Nicolaos Strapatsas -- The recruitment and use of child soldiers : some reflections on the prosecution of a new war crime / Michael E. Kurth -- The difficulty with individual criminal responsibility in international criminal law / Gideon Boas -- Current trends on modes of liability for genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes / H�ector Ol�asolo Alonso -- From 'conspiracy' to 'joint criminal enterprise' : in search of the organizational parameter / Athansios Chouliaras -- Trends in the development of a unified law of international criminal procedure / G�oran Sluiter -- Witness memory and the manufacture of evidence at the international criminal tribunals / Alexander Zahar -- Remedies for war victims / Liesbeth Zegveld -- Victim participation in ICC proceedings / Nino Tsereteli -- Arrest and surrender under the ICC statue : a contextual reading / Carsten Stahn.

"International criminal law is shaped by the influence of individual scholars and the impact of specific rulings and legal frameworks. This volume provides a fresh perspective on core themes and notions of international criminal justice. It revisits the sources, treatment and reception of doctrine and jurisprudence from an inter-generational perspective. It analyses the role of scholars and practitioners such as Arendt, Damaska and Cassese concerning the conceptualisation of law and jurisprudence. Then, it assesses the goals and scope of international criminal law, including contemporary developments relating to the interaction between international and domestic jurisdiction (e.g., verticality, complementarity, gravity), the role of actors (such as state crime, corporations, private military companies) and crime definitions (aggression, child recruitment). Finally, the book includes a review of key concepts and challenges of individual responsibility and international criminal procedure." "The volume is designed to provide a critical rethinking of existing law and practice. It includes contributions by established scholars and new voices, thus making the work relevant for academics, international and domestic courts and tribunals, as well as non-governmental organizations. It was produced within the framework of the Marie Curie Project of the Grotius Centre for International Legal Studies, Leiden University & Campus The Hague."--Jacket.