Roger O'Keefe is Professor of Public International Law at University College London and a Visiting Professor at Central European University. Previously he was a Senior Lecturer in Law and the Deputy Director of the Lauterpacht Centre for International Law at the University of Cambridge and a Fellow of Magdalene College, Cambridge. In 2004 he was awarded the Journal of International Criminal Justice Prize for his article Universal Jurisdiction: Clarifying the Basic Concept, and in 2009 he was a member and the co-rapporteur of the African Union-European Union Technical Ad hoc Expert Group on the Principle of Universal Jurisdiction.

O'Keefe's book is an excellent addition to the literature available on the subject... It provides essential breadth of coverage for those new to this field of law and excellent analysis of substantive law and principle to support both practitioners and students.

• PART 1: FOUNDATIONAL CONCEPTS AND PRINCIPLES; PART 2: THE SUBSTANTIVE LAW OF INTERNATIONAL CRIMES; CRIMES UNDER CUSTOMARY INTERNATIONAL LAW; TREATY CRIMES; PART 3: THE SUPPRESSION OF INTERNATIONAL CRIMES; MUNICIPAL LAW AND COURTS; INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURTS

Roger O'Keefe is Professor of Public International Law at University College London and a Visiting Professor at Central European University. Previously he was a Senior Lecturer in Law and the Deputy Director of the Lauterpacht Centre for International Law at the University of Cambridge and a Fellow of Magdalene College, Cambridge. In 2004 he was awarded the Journal of International Criminal Justice Prize for his article Universal Jurisdiction: Clarifying the Basic Concept, and in 2009 he was a member and the co-rapporteur of the African Union-European Union Technical Ad hoc Expert Group on the Principle of Universal Jurisdiction.

O'Keefe's book is an excellent addition to the literature available on the subject... It provides essential breadth of coverage for those new to this field of law and excellent analysis of substantive law and principle to support both practitioners and students.

• PART 1: FOUNDATIONAL CONCEPTS AND PRINCIPLES; PART 2: THE SUBSTANTIVE LAW OF INTERNATIONAL CRIMES; CRIMES UNDER CUSTOMARY INTERNATIONAL LAW; TREATY CRIMES; PART 3: THE SUPPRESSION OF INTERNATIONAL CRIMES; MUNICIPAL LAW AND COURTS; INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURTS