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Arcs of Global Justice: Essays in Honour of William A. Schabas

Margaret M. deGuzman and Diane Marie Amann

Abstract

Invoking famous words by Martin Luther King Jr.–‘the arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice’–this volume analyses developments respecting global justice in the decades since the end of World War II. Presented are dozens of essays by eminent scholars, each contributed in recognition of the collection’s honouree, Professor William A. Schabas. Schabas’s work has spanned many topics in international law and has placed him in multiple roles in international courts and organizations. Accordingly, this volume discusses institutions including the United Nations, the European Co ... More

Keywords: death penalty, culture, crimes against humanity, criminal justice, genocide, human rights, international criminal law, prevention, transitional justice

Bibliographic Information

Print publication date: 2018 Print ISBN-13: 9780190272654
Published to Oxford Scholarship Online: January 2018 DOI:10.1093/oso/9780190272654.001.0001

Authors

Affiliations are at time of print publication.

Margaret M. deGuzman, editor
Professor of Law, Temple University, Beasley School of Law

Diane Marie Amann, editor
Emily and Ernest Woodruff Chair in International Law, University of Georgia School of Law

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Front Matter

Title Pages

Contributors

Foreword

Diane Marie Margaret M. deGuzman

Acknowledgements

Diane Marie Margaret M. deGuzman

William Schabas

Roger S. Clark*

Part One Human Rights

1 Human Rights and International Criminal Justice in the Twenty-First Century

M. Cherif Bassiouni*

2 William Schabas, the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, and International Human Rights Law

Thomas A. Cromwell* and Bruno Gélinas-Faucher**

3 The International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance, as a Victim-Oriented Treaty

Emmanuel Decaux*

4 The Politics of Sectarianism and Its Reflection in Questions of International Law and State Formation in the Middle East

Kathleen Cavanaugh and Joshua Castellino*

Part Two Capital Punishment

5 International Law and the Death Penalty

Sandra L. Babcock

6 The UN Optional Protocol on the Abolition of the Death Penalty

Marc Bossuyt*

7 The Right to Life and the Progressive Abolition of the Death Penalty

Christof Heyns, Thomas Probert, and Tess Borden*

8 Progress and Trend of the Reform of the Death Penalty in China

Zhao Bingzhi*

Part Three International Criminal Law

9 Criminal Law Philosophy in William Schabas’s Scholarship

Margaret M. deGuzman*

10 Is the ICC Focusing Too Much on Non-State Actors?

Frédéric Mégret*

11 The Principle of Legality at the Crossroads of Human Rights and International Criminal Law

Shane Darcy*

12 Revisiting the Sources of Applicable Law before the ICC

Alain Pellet*

13 The ICC as a Work in Progress, for a World in Process

Mireille Delmas-Marty*

14 Legacy in International Criminal Justice

Carsten Stahn*

15 Torture by Private Actors and ‘Gold-Plating’ the Offence in National Law

Andrew Clapham and Paola Gaeta

Part Four Genocide and Crimes against Humanity

16 Secrets and Surprises in the Travaux Préparatoires of the Genocide Convention

Hirad Abtahi and Philippa Webb*

17 Perspectives on Cultural Genocide

Jérémie Gilbert*

18 Crimes against Humanity

Beth Van Schaack

19 A New Global Treaty on Crimes Against Humanity Future Prospects

Leila Nadya Sadat*

Part Five Transitional Justice and Atrocity Prevention

20 Justice outside of Criminal Courtrooms and Jailhouses

Mark A. Drumbl*

21 Toward Greater Synergy between Courts and Truth Commissions in Post-conflict Contexts

Charles Chernor Jalloh*

22 International Criminal Tribunals and Cooperation with States

Geoffrey Nice and Nevenka Tromp

23 The Arc toward Justice and Peace

Mary Ellen O’Connell

24 The Maintenance of International Peace and Security through Prevention of Atrocity Crimes

Adama Dieng*

Part Six Justice in Culture and Practice

25 Law and Film

Emma Sandon*

26 The Role of Advocates in Developing International Law

Wayne Jordash*

27 Bill the Blogger

Diane Marie Amann*

End Matter

Index