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The Principle of Legality in International and Comparative Criminal Law
Author(s): Kenneth S. Gallant (Author)
- Publisher: Cambridge University Press
- Publication Date: November 17, 2008
- Edition: 1st
- Language: English
- Print length: 632 pages
- ISBN-10: 0521886481
- ISBN-13: 9780521886482
Book Description
This book fills a major gap in the scholarly literature concerning international criminal law, comparative criminal law, and human rights law. The principle of legality (non-retroactivity of crimes and punishments and related doctrines) is fundamental to criminal law and human rights law. Yet this is the first book-length study of the status of legality in international law – in international criminal law, international human rights law, and international humanitarian law. This is also the first book to survey legality/non-retroactivity in all national constitutions, developing the patterns of implementation of legality in the various legal systems (e.g., Common Law, Civil Law, Islamic Law, Asian Law) around the world. This is a necessary book for any scholar, practitioner, and library in the area of international, criminal, comparative, human rights, or international humanitarian law.
Editorial Reviews
Review
‘Kenneth Gallant’s book is a very welcome one and surely one of the better analyses, if not the best, of the principle of legality.’ W. T. Worster, Journal of International Criminal Justice
Book Description
This text was the first modern book-length study of the status of legality in international criminal law, international human rights law, and comparative law.
