The Identity Crisis of International Criminal Law

Leiden Journal of International Law

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 925-963

  Robinson, Darryl ^a  

^a Queen s University   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

command responsibility; human rights; humanitarian law; international criminal law; interpretation; joint criminal enterprise; legal reasoning; legality; strict construction

Indexed keywords

EID: 85009591058     PISSN: 09221565     EISSN: 14789698     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0922156508005463     Document Type: Article

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