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    Universal jurisdiction : national courts and the prosecution of serious crimes under international law / edited by Stephen Macedo.

    • Title:Universal jurisdiction : national courts and the prosecution of serious crimes under international law / edited by Stephen Macedo.
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    • Other Contributors/Collections:Macedo, Stephen, 1957-
    • Published/Created:Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, ©2004.
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    • Library of Congress Subjects:Criminal jurisdiction.
      International crimes.
      Criminal courts.
    • Description:vi, 383 p. ; 25 cm.
    • Series:Pennsylvania studies in human rights.
    • Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
    • ISBN:0812237366 (cloth : acid-free paper)
    • Contents:Introduction / Stephen Macedo
      Preface / Mary Robinson
      Princeton Principles on Universal Jurisdiction
      1. History of Universal Jurisdiction and Its Place in International Law / M. Cherif Bassiouni
      2. Comment: The Quest for Clarity / Stephen A. Oxman
      3. Growing Support for Universal Jurisdiction in National Legislation / A. Hays Butler
      4. Adolf Eichmann Case: Universal and National Jurisdiction / Gary J. Bass
      5. Comment: Connecting the Threads in the Fabric of International Law / Lori F. Damrosch
      6. Assessing the Pinochet Litigation: Whither Universal Jurisdiction? / Richard A. Falk
      7. Comment: Universal Jurisdiction and Transitions to Democracy / Pablo De Greiff
      8. Hissene Habre Case: The Law and Politics of Universal Jurisdiction / Stephen P. Marks
      9. Defining the Limits: Universal Jurisdiction and National Courts / Anne-Marie Slaughter
      10. Universal Jurisdiction, National Amnesties, and Truth Commissions: Reconciling the Irreconcilable / Leila Nadya Sadat
      11. Future of Universal Jurisdiction in the New Architecture of Transnational Justice / Diane F. Orentlicher
      12. Universal Jurisdiction and Judicial Reluctance: A New "Fourteen Points" / Michael Kirby
      13. Afterword: The Politics of Advancing International Criminal Justice / Lloyd Axworthy.
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