Cultural defences at the International Criminal Court
Cultural defences, i.e. claims that certain aspects of a defendant's cultural background should be taken into consideration by courts when adjudicating on their guilt or innocence, have been raised before domestic courts in a variety of jurisdictions. This has been a very sensitive and controve...
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| Sprache: | eng |
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London, New York
Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group
2018
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| Schriftenreihe: | Routlegdge Focus
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International Criminal Court
> Internationaler Strafgerichtshof
> Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court
> Cultural defense (Law)
> Defense (International criminal procedure)
> Rechtsprechung
> Internationales Recht
> Strafverteidigung
> Bedeutung
> Rolle
> Kultur
> Einflussgröße
> Ethik
> Wert
> Norm
> Kulturstandard
> Innerstaatliches Recht
> Theorie
> Beispiel
> Entwicklung
> Tendenz
> Erde
> Internationales Strafverfahrensrecht
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Tag hinzufügen | Zusammenfassung: | Cultural defences, i.e. claims that certain aspects of a defendant's cultural background should be taken into consideration by courts when adjudicating on their guilt or innocence, have been raised before domestic courts in a variety of jurisdictions. This has been a very sensitive and controversial issue. However, the issue of cultural defences in international tribunals is one which has not yet been fully explored. The main objective of this book is to analyse if the ICC can, and should, accommodate cultural defences as answers to legal charges, or if the Court should accommodate cultural considerations in other ways Introduction -- Introductory comments -- Research question -- Structure -- The cultural defence; its use and abuse -- Introduction -- What is 'culture'? -- Arguments in favour and against the cultural defence -- Conclusion -- The ICC statute: a culture clash? -- Introduction -- Law as culture -- The making of the rome statute -- Cultural accommodation at the ICC -- Article 21 of the ICC Statute and sources of law: a cultural portal? -- Conclusion -- Defences at the ICC -- Introduction -- Defences in international criminal law -- ICC Statute provisions on defences (Articles 31-33) -- A cultural defence as another ground for excluding criminal liability -- Conclusion -- ICC practice -- Introduction -- Linguistic diversity -- Child soldiers -- The destruction of cultural property -- Conclusion -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index |
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| Beschreibung: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 107-118) and index |
| Beschreibung: | vi, 123 Seiten |
| ISBN: | 9781138893610 978-1-138-89361-0 |