{"product_id":"9789462654457","title":"International Criminal Justice Series: Crimes Against Humanity and the Problems and Promise of the Prohibition on Other Inhumane Acts","description":"\u003ch1\u003eInternational Criminal Justice Series: Crimes Against Humanity and the Problems and Promise of the Prohibition on Other Inhumane Acts\u003c\/h1\u003e \u003ch2\u003eMacNeil, Gillian\u003c\/h2\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis book examines the way international criminal courts and tribunals have interpreted the crimes against humanity proscription of other inhumane acts. This clause is consistently used in spite of the long list of more specific offences forbidden as crimes against humanity. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe volume proposes that the current approach is based on a misunderstanding of the nature of the clause. Properly understood, the clause is an invitation to courts to create and apply retroactive criminal laws. This leads to a problem. A prohibition on the use of retroactive criminal laws, one which admits no exceptions, is deeply embedded in international law. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe author argues that it is time to revisit the assumption that retroactive criminal laws can never be deployed in a fair legal system. Drawing lessons from an exploration on the way the prohibition on retroactive laws is applied in practice, she proposes a new framework for understanding the clause proscribing the commission of other inhumane acts. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis book will be of relevance to anyone interested in international criminal law or criminal law theory.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eGillian MacNeil\u003c\/b\u003e is Assistant Professor at Robson Hall, the Faculty of Law of the University of Manitoba in Winnipeg, Canada.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e \u003ch3\u003eDetails\u003c\/h3\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublished by: T.M.C. Asser Press\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublication Date: 2022-02-13\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFormat: Paperback\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eISBN-13: 9789462654457\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDOI: 10.1007\/978-94-6265-443-3\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDimensions: 235cm x155cm\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePages: 196\u003c\/p\u003e ","brand":"T.M.C. Asser Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47410794463372,"sku":"9789462654457","price":89.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9789462654457.jpg?v=1775839465","url":"https:\/\/lateknightbooks.com\/products\/9789462654457","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}