Florian Jeßberger - Böcker

Principles of International Criminal Law is one of the most influential textbooks in the field of international criminal justice. This fourth edition builds on the highly-successful work of the previous editions, setting out the general principles governing international crimes as well as the fundamentals of both substantive and procedural international criminal law. It provides a detailed understanding of the sources and evolution of international criminal law, demonstrating how it has developed, and how its application has changed. The book assesses in detail the four key international crimes as defined by the statute of the International Criminal Court: genocide, crimes against humanity, war crimes, and the crime of aggression. The new edition revises and updates the work with developments in international criminal justice since 2014. It includes substantial new material on critical perspectives on international criminal justice, the fragmentation of international criminal law, new war crimes of prohibited means of warfare, and the prosecution of crimes committed in Syria and Northern Iraq.The book retains its highly-acclaimed systematic approach and consistent methodology, making it essential reading for both students and scholars of international criminal law, as well as practitioners and judges working in the field.

This edited collection provides an in-depth account of the history of key developments in transnational criminal law. While the history of international criminal law is now a much written about topic, the origins of most modern transnational criminal laws are not well understood. Histories of Transnational Criminal Law provides for the first time a set of legal histories of state efforts to combat and cooperate against transnational crime. With contributions from a group of word-leading experts, this edited volume traverses a range of topics, beginning with the normative, intellectual, and institutional histories of transnational criminal law. It then moves to the histories of specific transnational crimes ranging across eras from piracy to cybercrime, and finishes by examining jurisdiction, modes of liability, different forms of procedural cooperation, and the predicament of the individual in transnational criminal law. The book highlights specific issues and how they have been resolved, in the loose assemblage of norms, institutions, and practices that constitutes transnational criminal law.

Principles of International Criminal Law is one of the most influential textbooks in the field of international criminal justice. This fourth edition builds on the highly-successful work of the previous editions, setting out the general principles governing international crimes as well as the fundamentals of both substantive and procedural international criminal law. It provides a detailed understanding of the sources and evolution of international criminal law, demonstrating how it has developed, and how its application has changed. The book assesses in detail the four key international crimes as defined by the statute of the International Criminal Court: genocide, crimes against humanity, war crimes, and the crime of aggression. The new edition revises and updates the work with developments in international criminal justice since 2014. It includes substantial new material on critical perspectives on international criminal justice, the fragmentation of international criminal law, new war crimes of prohibited means of warfare, and the prosecution of crimes committed in Syria and Northern Iraq.The book retains its highly-acclaimed systematic approach and consistent methodology, making it essential reading for both students and scholars of international criminal law, as well as practitioners and judges working in the field.

In 1993, the United Nations Security Council set up an ad hoc tribunal to bring to trial those accused of the worst breaches of humanitarian law in the war-torn former Yugoslavia, thus setting in motion a process which has significantly raised the profile and importance of international criminal justice. Whether through a proliferation of international criminal courts and tribunals, or by the many pronouncements in domestic courts on international crimes, the patchwork of disparate rules, principles, conventions, and treaties is now taking discernible shape, and a distinct corpus of law operating across diverse cultures and varied legal traditions is rapidly emerging.Responding to these momentous developments, this new title from Routledge’s Major Works series, Critical Concepts in Law, addresses the acute need for an authoritative reference work that traces the evolution of the emerging discipline of international criminal law. The learned editors aver that now is the time to take stock and make some sense of the subject’s dauntingly vast literature, to identify a canon, and to engage with its key concepts. Selected by Antonio Cassese, the first President of the Yugoslavia Tribunal and the author of some of the most influential books on the subject, and a small team of noted scholars, this new four-volume collection assembles the best scholarship from the time of Nuremberg and Tokyo to the present day.The volume editors have realized an ambitious aim. Not only does International Criminal Law bring together ground-breaking material sourced from a wide range of academic journals, edited collections, textbooks, and monographs, many of which are now hard to obtain, the editors also illuminate the much broader—and fundamental—issues related to impunity, guilt, restitution, and social reconciliation.With a full index and a comprehensive introduction, International Criminal Law is an essential, authoritative, and accessible work of reference for scholar, student, and practitioner alike.

This book provides an essential and critical overview of the most significant issues concerning the domestication of international criminal law, in particular with regard to the implementation of the ICC Statute. It discusses the most recent proposals for reform of the German Code of Crimes under International Law, the "Völkerstrafgesetzbuch", 20 years after its entering into force and introduces the project for an Italian code of international crimes drafted by the Committee of experts established in 2022 by the Ministry of Justice.Following the adoption of the ICC Statute, many States, including Germany with the "Völkerstrafgesetzbuch", introduced specific legislation to incorporate international criminal law into their domestic legal systems and a considerable number of them have been investigating and prosecuting war crimes, crimes against humanity, genocide, and even aggression ever since. Twenty-five years later, however, the process is not completed as other countries, like Italy, are still working on adopting provisions on international crimes. This book opens with a broad overview of the different approaches of the domestication of international criminal law, with a specific focus on the German and the Italian systems. After an assessment of the prerequisites for the domestic implementation of international criminal law, also from a constitutional law perspective, each chapter offers an in-depth analysis of a specific issue, such as: the definition of international crimes (genocide and crimes against humanity, war crimes and aggression); the applicability of and exceptions to the general principles of domestic criminal law; the regulation of individual criminal responsibility; sanctions and sentencing; as well as procedural aspects related to immunities, jurisdiction and prosecutorial discretion. The strong academic perspective of many authors is complemented by an equally strong practitioner perspective of the others, provided by legal scholars in the highest positions in international and national judicial institutions, resulting in a well-informed and critical appraisal of the most recent developments overall in the international criminal justice system.Domesticating International Criminal Law will be of great interest to legal scholars and students, as well as practitioners with an interest in comparative and international law, international criminal law and international relations.

This book provides an essential and critical overview of the most significant issues concerning the domestication of international criminal law, in particular with regard to the implementation of the ICC Statute. It discusses the most recent proposals for reform of the German Code of Crimes under International Law, the "Völkerstrafgesetzbuch", 20 years after its entering into force and introduces the project for an Italian code of international crimes drafted by the Committee of experts established in 2022 by the Ministry of Justice.Following the adoption of the ICC Statute, many States, including Germany with the "Völkerstrafgesetzbuch", introduced specific legislation to incorporate international criminal law into their domestic legal systems and a considerable number of them have been investigating and prosecuting war crimes, crimes against humanity, genocide, and even aggression ever since. Twenty-five years later, however, the process is not completed as other countries, like Italy, are still working on adopting provisions on international crimes. This book opens with a broad overview of the different approaches of the domestication of international criminal law, with a specific focus on the German and the Italian systems. After an assessment of the prerequisites for the domestic implementation of international criminal law, also from a constitutional law perspective, each chapter offers an in-depth analysis of a specific issue, such as: the definition of international crimes (genocide and crimes against humanity, war crimes and aggression); the applicability of and exceptions to the general principles of domestic criminal law; the regulation of individual criminal responsibility; sanctions and sentencing; as well as procedural aspects related to immunities, jurisdiction and prosecutorial discretion. The strong academic perspective of many authors is complemented by an equally strong practitioner perspective of the others, provided by legal scholars in the highest positions in international and national judicial institutions, resulting in a well-informed and critical appraisal of the most recent developments overall in the international criminal justice system.Domesticating International Criminal Law will be of great interest to legal scholars and students, as well as practitioners with an interest in comparative and international law, international criminal law and international relations.

This collective volume delves into the criminal responsibility of judges under authoritarian regimes, with case studies from Germany, Argentina, and Chile, examining their involvement in criminal human rights abuses and failures to protect victims from such crimes.Through comparative analysis, this volume offers insights into the legal and doctrinal challenges of prosecuting judicial involvement in crimes such as murder (‘judicial murder’), kidnapping, unlawful detention, and torture. Bridging a gap in transitional justice and international criminal law literature, it focuses on the rarely explored criminal responsibility of judges beyond judicial misconduct. In doing so, it provides readers with a deeper understanding of judicial roles in authoritarian regimes and the complex legal standards involved in prosecuting such cases. It also informs the ongoing discourse on judicial accountability and the potential legal implications for judges in contemporary contexts.Transitional Justice and the Criminal Responsibility of Judges is ideal for students, scholars, and civil servants or practitioners working in the domestic or the international criminal justice system.

Das Strafanwendungsrecht beantwortet die Frage, wo, von wem oder wogegen eine Straftat begangen sein muss, damit das deutsche Strafrecht gilt. Im Zuge der fortschreitenden Internationalisierung von Recht und Gesellschaft hat das Strafanwendungsrecht - insbesondere, soweit es den transnationalen Geltungsbereich des Strafrechts festlegt - neue Bedeutung erlangt. Vor diesem Hintergrund befasst sich Florian Jeßberger mit grundsätzlichen Fragen transnationaler Strafrechtsgeltung. Er präzisiert die Grundbegriffe des Strafanwendungsrechts, erschließt die historischen Grundlagen des geltenden Rechts und ermittelt die Stellung der Geltungsbereichsnormen im Strafrechtssystem. Eine Neubestimmung der Grenzen transnationaler Strafrechtsgeltung im Lichte strafrechtstheoretischer und völkerrechtlicher Vorgaben rundet die Untersuchung ab.

Die fünfte Auflage des Lehrbuchs zum Völkerstrafrecht behandelt in bewährter Form die Grundlagen und den Allgemeinen Teil des Völkerstrafrechts sowie die einzelnen Völkerrechtsverbrechen. Internationale Rechtsprechung und Schrifttum sind auf aktuellem Stand umfassend berücksichtigt.Neu eingefügt wurden Abschnitte zur Kritik und zur Fragmentierung des Völkerstrafrechts, zu den durch die 16. Vertragsstaatenkonferenz zum IStGH-Statut beschlossenen Kriegsverbrechen des Einsatzes verbotener Kampfmittel, zur Verfolgung von Völkerrechtsverbrechen in Syrien und Nordirak sowie zur Umsetzung der Neuregelungen über das Aggressionsverbrechen in Deutschland. Vollständig neu gestaltet wurden die Abschnitte zu den Kriegs- und Menschlichkeitsverbrechen der Sklaverei und Versklavung sowie der sexualisierten Gewalt und zum Kriegsverbrechen des Angriffs auf besonders geschützte Objekte, insbesondere auf Kulturgüter. Weitere Schwerpunkte der Überarbeitung bilden die Abschnitte über Quellen und Auslegung des Völkerstrafrechts, die innere Tatseite und die Formen strafbarer Beteiligung sowie die Immunität.Für Bibliotheken gelten bei diesem Titel abweichende Konditionen; bitte wenden Sie sich an den Vertrieb.

Der 100. Jahrestag der Gründung der Fakultät für Rechtswissenschaft der Universität Hamburg bietet eine willkommene Gelegenheit zu einer Standortbestimmung mit historischer Perspektive. Mit ihren mehr als 40 Beiträgen eröffnet die Festschrift ein bisher unerreichtes Panorama der Rechtswissenschaft in Hamburg. Biographische Einzelstudien und institutionelle Überblicke verschaffen dem Leser eine lebendige Anschauung von einer Fakultät, die sich als Neuling im Kreis der juristischen Fakultäten sehr rasch einen Namen als Einrichtung gemacht hat, die ihre Schwerpunkte stets in den Grundlagenfächern und den internationalen Fragen des Rechts gesehen hat. Ebenso bemerkenswert ist die kontinuierliche Offenheit der Hamburger Fakultät für Innovationen in der Lehre. Wiederholt war die Fakultät hierbei auch Vorreiterin in der Bundesrepublik.Mit Beiträgen von:Ivo Appel, Klaus Bartels, Jürgen Basedow, Alexander Baur, Jörg Berkemann, Wolfgang Berlit, Reinhard Bork, Hans Peter Bull, Jochen Bung, Wilhelm Degener, Dagmar Felix, Gerrit Frotscher, Julia Geneuss, Armin Hatje, Rolf Herber, Heribert Hirte, Wolfgang Hoffmann-Riem, Florian Jeßberger, Hinrich Julius, Rainer Keller, Robert Koch, Markus Kotzur, Maximiliane Kriechbaum, Milan Kuhli, Otto Luchterhandt, Ulrich Magnus, Peter Mankowski, Jean Mohamed, Stefan Oeter, Marian Paschke, Arne Pilniok, Tilman Repgen, Wolf-Georg Ringe, Bernd-Rüdeger Sonnen, Mareike Schmidt, Hans-Heinrich Trute, Stefan Voigt, Moritz Vormbaum, Albrecht Zeuner

Der strafjuristische Umgang mit Systemunrecht steht im Mittelpunkt des wissenschaftlichen Wirkens von Gerhard Werle. Seine Arbeiten zu Justiz-Strafrecht und polizeilicher Verbrechensbekämpfung im Nationalsozialismus, zur strafrechtlichen Aufarbeitung von NS- und DDR-Unrecht sowie zu den Verbrechen des Apartheid-Regimes in Südafrika sind bis heute von grundlegender Bedeutung. Internationale Bekanntheit hat der Jubilar als Autor des Lehr- und Handbuchs zum Völkerstrafrecht erlangt, das in zahlreiche Sprachen übersetzt wurde und inzwischen in der 5. Auflage erschienen ist. Die zum 70. Geburtstag Gerhard Werles entstandene Festschrift spiegelt das breite Spektrum seiner Forschungsinteressen wider und versammelt Beiträge von Wissenschaftlerinnen und Wissenschaftlern aus dem In- und Ausland zum Völkerstrafrecht und zu Transitional Justice, zum Strafanwendungs- und Transnationalen Strafrecht, zur Juristischen Zeitgeschichte sowie zum Straf- und Strafprozessrecht.

Korruption stellt eine Form der Machtausübung dar, die nicht nur in ökonomischer Hinsicht bedrohlich ist. Sie birgt auch ganz unmittelbare Risiken für demokratische Prozesse und Institutionen. Mit dem vorliegenden Band soll das Spannungsverhältnis zwischen Korruption, Demokratie und Strafrecht aus der Perspektive von Brasilien und Deutschland beleuchtet werden - zweier Länder, die auf den ersten Blick vor unterschiedlichen Herausforderungen zu stehen scheinen. Während Korruption in Brasilien als ubiquitäres Problem der Eliten wahrgenommen wird, ist das Phänomen in Deutschland weniger sichtbar. Dieser Umstand darf aber, wie die hier veröffentlichen Beiträge belegen, nicht zu der Fehlvorstellung verleiten, dass Deutschland eine Vorbildfunktion zukäme.

Was macht einen Strafprozess politisch? Ist es der dem Staatsschutzstrafrecht eingeschriebene Anklagevorwurf, die politische Motivation der Angeklagten oder die (unzulässige) Einflussnahme des Staates auf Ablauf und Ergebnis des Verfahrens? Sind all diejenigen Strafprozesse politische, die Beachtung im politischen Raum finden? Oder ist jeder Strafprozess schon seinem Wesen nach als Ausübung und Verstärkung von Macht, als Bekräftigung oder Infragestellung einer gesellschaftlichen Ordnung politisch? Und was folgt aus einer solchen Einordnung? Der Band macht sich auf die Suche nach Antworten. Er tut dies aus unterschiedlichen fachlichen Perspektiven und auch anhand konkreter Strafprozesse, darunter Auschwitz, Stammheim und Mannesmann. Rechtspraktische und sozialwissenschaftliche Einordnungen stellen das Phänomen des politischen Strafprozesses in einen größeren Kontext.

This book enquires into the counter-hegemonic capacity of international criminal justice. It highlights perspectives and themes that have thus far often been neglected in the scholarship on (critical approaches to) international criminal justice.Can international criminal justice be viewed as a ‘counter-hegemonic’ project? And if so, under what conditions? In response to these questions, scholars and practitioners from the Global South and North reflect inter alia on the engagement with international criminal justice in the context of Ukraine, Palestine, and minorities in South-Asia while also highlighting the hegemonic tendencies built into the institutional structure of the International Criminal Court on the axes of gender and language.Florian Jeßberger is Professor of Criminal Law and Director of the Franz von Liszt Institute for International Criminal Justice,  Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Germany.Leonie Steinl is a Senior Lecturer in Criminal Law at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Germany.Kalika Mehta is an Associate Researcher at the Franz von Liszt Institute for International Criminal Justice, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Germany.