Full Description
This book presents a selection of revised and updated papers presented in September 2018 at the International Conference 'Rethinking the Crime of Aggression: International and Interdisciplinary Perspectives', which was held in Marburg, Germany, and hosted by the International Research and Documentation Centre for War Crimes Trials (ICWC).
In light of the activation of the jurisdiction of the International Criminal Court concerning the crime of aggression, international experts from various disciplines such as law, history, the social sciences, psychology and economics came together to enhance the understanding of this complex and challenging matter and thereby opened a cross-disciplinary dialogue regarding aggressive war and the crime of aggression: a dialogue that not only addresses the historical genesis of the current situation, the content of the new aggression provisions, their implementation in practice and their possible regulatory effects, but also instigates perspectives for investigating future developments and issues. Stefanie Bock is Professor of Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure, International Criminal Law and Comparative Law in the Department of Law at the Philipps University of Marburg in Germany and Co-Director of the International Research and Documentation Centre for War Crimes Trials. Eckart Conze is Professor of Modern and Contemporary History in the Department of History at the Philipps University of Marburg in Germany and Co-Director of the International Research and Documentation Centre for War Crimes Trials.
Contents
Chapter 1. Negotiating Aggression: From Rome over Kampala to New York.- Part I. What is Aggression?.- Chapter 2. Aggression from a Sociological Perspective.- Chapter 3. Dimensions of Aggression in Social Psychology.- Part II. States as Aggressors.- Chapter 4. How far is it from Münster and Osnabrück to Kampala? State Aggression, the Use of Force, and Statehood in a World Society Perspective.- Chapter 5. States as Aggressors: Some Economic Perspectives.- Part III. Regulating Aggression.- Chapter 6. The Crime of Internal Aggression: An Outline of an Idea.- Chapter 7. The Versailles Treaty and the Idea of Prosecuting Wars of Aggression.- Chapter 8. Approaches of International Organisations and Institutions towards Acts of Aggression.- Part IV. Legitimizing Aggression.- Chapter 9. State Sovereignty and the Legitimacy of Aggression.- Chapter 10. The Crime of Aggression and the Prohibition of the Use of Force - Reflections on the Relation between the Rome Statute and General Public International Law.- Part V. Individualizing Guilt.- Chapter 11. Individualizing Guilt at Nuremberg.- Chapter 12. Criminalizing Interstate Wrongdoing.- Part VI. Prosecuting Aggression.- Chapter 13. The Political Dimension of Aggression Trials: The Role of the Security Council.- Chapter 14. Key Risks and Difficulties of Aggression Trials.- Appendices.
