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This guide is intended to provide an introduction to criminal law in Zimbabwe. It refers to the leading and illustrative cases of Zimbabwe and, as a supplement, to South African cases

Theory of international criminal law -- Principles of liability and participation in international criminal law -- Defences in international criminal law -- State jurisdiction and immunities -- War crimes and grave breaches -- Crimes against humanity -- Genocide -- Offences against the person -- International criminal law of the sea -- Terrorism -- Transnational offences 1 -- Transnational offences 2 -- Extradition -- Abduction -- Mutual legal assistance -- Mutual legal assistance : national perspectives -- International police co-operation -- Evidence before the ad hoc tribunals -- Nuremberg, Tokyo and the birth of modern international criminal law -- The international tribunals for Yugoslavia and Rwanda -- The permanent international criminal court -- Internationalised domestic criminal tribunals

Introduction to American criminal law concepts -- Comparing tribal criminal law and American criminal law -- Using American criminal law to control American Indian Nations -- Traditional law today -- Introduction : what is criminal jurisdiction? -- Traditional criminal jurisdiction -- Limitations on tribal criminal jurisdiction imposed by the United States -- Exercising jurisdiction over crimes committed by non-Indians -- Criminal jurisdiction as defined by tribal courts -- Tribal criminal jurisdiction reform : the Tribal Law and Order Act and the Violence Against Women Act -- State and tribal court collaboration -- Overview of criminal laws : statutes and procedures -- The mental state -- A closer look at criminal elements -- Is helping a criminal act? Preliminary crimes and accomplice liability -- Criminal defenses -- The burden of proof -- Rights of criminal defenders -- The law of arrest -- Interrogations and confessions : the right to remain silent -- Search and seizure -- The Exclusionary Rule : remedies for civil rights violations --The right to an attorney/advocate -- Defendant rights at trial -- Victims' rights -- Sentencing : fines and incarceration -- Tribal restorative justice

International crimes and universal jurisdiction / Win-chiat Lee State sovereignty as an obstacle to international criminal law / Kristen Hessler International criminal courts, the rule of law, and the prevention of harm : building justice in times of injustice / Leslie P. Francis and John G. Francis Criminalizing culture / Helen Stacy Identifying groups in genocide cases / Larry May Prosecuting corporations for international crimes : the role for domestic criminal law / Joanna Kyriakakis Post war environmental damage : a study in jus post bellum / Douglas Lackey On state self-defense and Guantanamo Bay / Steve Viner Politicizing human rights (using international law) / Anat Biletzki The justification of punishment in the international context / Deirdre Golash Political reconciliation and international criminal trials / Colleen Murphy

The Transnational Legal Ordering of Criminal Justice Legal Ordering of Criminal Justice / Ely Aaronson and Gregory Shaffer -- Why Do Transnational Legal Orders Persist? : The Curious Case of Money Laundering / Terence Halliday, Michael Levi and Peter Reuter -- Transnational Criminal Law or the Transnational Legal Ordering of Corruption? : Theorizing Australian Foreign Bribery Reforms / Radha Ivory -- Transnational Criminal Law in a Globalized World : The Case of Trafficking / Prabha Kotiswaran -- The Criminalization of Migration : A Regional Transnational Legal Order or the Rise of a Meta-TLO? / Vanessa Barker -- The Strange Career of the Transnational Legal Order of Cannabis Prohibition / Ely Aaronson -- The Anti-Impunity Transnational Legal Order for Human Rights : Formation, Institutionalization, Consequences, and the Case of Darfur / Joachim J. Savelsberg -- Colombian Transitional Justice and the Political Economy of the Anti--impunity Transnational Legal Order / Manuel Iturralde -- International Prison Standards and Transnational Criminal Justice / Dirk van Zyl Smit -- The Transnational Legal Ordering of the Death Penalty / Stefanie Neumeier and Wayne Sandholtz -- Performance, Power, and Transnational Legal Ordering : Addressing Sexual Violence as a Human Rights Concern / Ioana Sendroiu and Ron Levi -- Conclusions : A Processual Approach to Transnational Legal Orders / Sally Engle Merry.

Provides a clear account of the main substantive and procedural aspects of international criminal law. Adopting a combination of the classic common law and more theoretical approaches to the subject, it discusses: the historical evolution of international criminal law; the legal definition of the so-called core crimes (war crimes, crimes against humanity, genocide) plus aggression, torture and terrorism; the forms and modes of criminal responsibility; and the main issues related to the prosecution and punishment of international crimes at the national and international level, including amnesties, statutes of limitations, and immunities