Mistake of Law Excusing Perpetrators of International Crimes /

• Main Author: Verseveld, Annemieke van (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: The Hague, The Netherlands : T. M. C. Asser Press : Imprint: T.M.C. Asser Press, 2012.
• Subjects: Law.; International humanitarian law.; International criminal law.; International Criminal Law.; International Humanitarian Law, Law of Armed Conflict.; Law, general.

With a Foreword by Thomas Weigend, Professor of Criminal Law and Director of the Institute for Foreign and International Criminal Law, University of Cologne, Germany When a perpetrator of an international crime argues in his defence that he did not realise that he had violated the law, is this a rea...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• The Theory of Mistake of Law in National Criminal Law Systems
• Comparing the National Approaches – Theorising about the Issue
• The Theory of Mistake of Law in International Criminal Law
• Applying the Theory of Mistake of Law – An analysis of (inter)national case law
• Applying the Theory of Mistake of Law – An analysis of elements of crimes and a survey of dilemmas on the battlefield
• Concluding Remarks.