War Crimes, Or When International Law Moved Ahead Domestic Law

War crimes are the cornerstone of the concept of international individual criminal responsibility. This essay tries to elucidate whether the definition of such crimes and the methods of prosecution thereof were initially a domestic criminal law concern in certain states that found its way towards in...

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Autor: Petit de Gabriel, Eulalia W.
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2016
País:España
Institución:Universidad de Sevilla (US)
Repositorio:idUS. Depósito de Investigación de la Universidad de Sevilla
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/11441/70461
https://doi.org/10.17103/sybil.20.08
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Palabra clave:War crimes
International criminal responsability
Humanitarian law codification
Military criminal jurisdiction over war crimes
Criminal jurisdiction over war crimes
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title War Crimes, Or When International Law Moved Ahead Domestic Law
spellingShingle War Crimes, Or When International Law Moved Ahead Domestic Law
Petit de Gabriel, Eulalia W.
War crimes
International criminal responsability
Humanitarian law codification
Military criminal jurisdiction over war crimes
Criminal jurisdiction over war crimes
title_short War Crimes, Or When International Law Moved Ahead Domestic Law
title_full War Crimes, Or When International Law Moved Ahead Domestic Law
title_fullStr War Crimes, Or When International Law Moved Ahead Domestic Law
title_full_unstemmed War Crimes, Or When International Law Moved Ahead Domestic Law
title_sort War Crimes, Or When International Law Moved Ahead Domestic Law
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Petit de Gabriel, Eulalia W.
author Petit de Gabriel, Eulalia W.
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dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv War crimes
International criminal responsability
Humanitarian law codification
Military criminal jurisdiction over war crimes
Criminal jurisdiction over war crimes
topic War crimes
International criminal responsability
Humanitarian law codification
Military criminal jurisdiction over war crimes
Criminal jurisdiction over war crimes
description War crimes are the cornerstone of the concept of international individual criminal responsibility. This essay tries to elucidate whether the definition of such crimes and the methods of prosecution thereof were initially a domestic criminal law concern in certain states that found its way towards international law cooperation efforts and regime or whether the domestic regulation has been the result of ex novo international legal obligations. This is called the epic question. For that purpose, the study analyses the evolution of international treaties on the topic while confronting them with two national legal orders, the United States of America and Spain’s legislation on war crimes, mainly from nineteenth century onwards. These two very different legal orders show various options, including a dual path for military and ordinary criminal definition and prosecution of war crimes at a national level under shifting international and domestic rules. The result of the cross-checking clarifies an interpretation that answers the epic question accordingly.
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