Universal jurisdiction: national courts and the prosecution of serious crimes under international law

Abstract

Introduction -Stephen Macedo PART I. THE PRINCETON PRINCIPLES Preface to the Princeton Principles -Mary Robinson The Princeton Principles on Universal Jurisdiction Commentary on the Principles -Steven W. Becker PART II. ESSAYS AND COMMENT 1. The History of Universal Jurisdiction and Its Place in International Law -M. Cherif Bassiouni 2. Comment: The Quest for Clarity -Stephen A. Oxman 3. The Growing Support for Universal Jurisdiction in National Legislation -A. Hays Butler 4. The Adolf Eichmann Case: Universal and National Jurisdictions -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. The 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. The 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 List of Contributors List of Project Participants Notes Index Acknowledgments