This comprehensive introduction to international criminal law addresses the big issues in the subject from an interdisciplinary perspective. Each chapter explores key academic debates and provides guidelines for further reading. The book is organised around several themes, including institutions, crimes and trials, and concludes with perspectives on the future.

Introduction William A. Schabas; Part I. Purposes and Principles: 1. Human rights and international criminal law Andrew Clapham; 2. Truth and justice in atrocity trials Lawrence Douglas; 3. Transitional justice Stephan Parmentier; 4. Punishment and sentencing Mark Drumbl; 5. Peace Alfred de Zayas; Part II. Institutions: 6. Ad hoc international criminal tribunals (Yugoslavia, Rwanda, Sierra Leone) Göran Sluiter; 7. The International Criminal Court Leila Sadat; 8. National jurisdictions Fannie Lafontaine; 9. The United Nations Security Council and international criminal justice David Scheffer; Part III. Crimes: 10. Atrocity crimes William A. Schabas; 11. Treaty crimes Roger S. Clark; 12. Criminalising the illegal use of force Benjamin B. Ferencz and Donald M. Ferencz; 13. Children Diane Marie Amann; Part IV. Trials: 14. Adolf Eichmann Kai Ambos; 15. Slobodan Miloševi¿ Michael Scharf; 16. Charles Taylor Chernor Jalloh; Part V. The Future: 17. The International Criminal Court of the future Hans-Peter Kaul; 18. Challenges to international criminal justice and international criminal law M. Cherif Bassiouni.