The Principle of Legality in International and Comparative Criminal Law: 65 (Cambridge Studies in International and Comparative Law, Series Number 65) - Softcover

Gallant, Kenneth S.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0521187605 ISBN 13: 9780521187602

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2010

Synopsis

This book fills a major gap in the scholarly literature concerning international criminal law, comparative criminal law, and human rights law. The principle of legality (non-retroactivity of crimes and punishments and related doctrines) is fundamental to criminal law and human rights law. Yet this was the first book-length study of the status of legality in international law - in international criminal law, international human rights law, and international humanitarian law. This was also the first book to survey legality/non-retroactivity in all national constitutions, developing the patterns of implementation of legality in the various legal systems such as Common Law, Civil Law, Islamic Law, and Asian Law around the world. This is a necessary book for any scholar, practitioner, and library in the area of international, criminal, comparative, human rights, or international humanitarian law.

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Review

'Kenneth Gallant's book is a very welcome one and surely one of the better analyses, if not the best, of the principle of legality.' W. T. Worster, Journal of International Criminal Justice

Book Description

This book fills a major gap in the scholarly literature concerning international criminal law, comparative criminal law, and human rights law. The principle of legality is fundamental to criminal law and human rights law, yet this is the first book-length study of its status in these fields.

Edition details

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0521187605
• ISBN 13: 9780521187602
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 632