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- Oxford University Press
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- 1467-7954
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- 1467-7962
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Abstract
Book Reviews 123 ensuring a fair trial for the defendants. His discussion of the issues in the latter is slightly marred by his confusion of two separate concepts in the Nuremberg trial. Whilst referring to conspiracy as one of the great unfairness in Nuremberg (p.310), he is actually discussing the part of the trial relating to the indictment of criminal organisations, which leads him to compare unlikes when discussing Judge Pal's dissent in the Tokyo Trial (there were no indicted organisations at Tokyo). On the other hand, his discussion of the fair trial rights in the two UN tribunals is profitable, and is a readable introduction to their content and import The final chapter of the book is devoted to the future prospects of international criminal law. So international criminal law can prosper, Dr. Sunga claims that as a discipline, it requires: (i) clearly defined purposes; (ii) to be continuous over time; (iii) stability yet adaptability and (iv) relative autonomy from other normative systems. As regards these, his discussion is perhaps a little weak in relation to the purposes of international criminal law, as he entirely rejects retributive legal theory by setting up a "straw man" version of the
Journal
Journal of Conflict and Security Law – Oxford University Press
Published: Jun 1, 1998