International Criminal Law - 9781138246935

Taylor & Francis

This study is located within international law and seeks to determine whether prosecuting political violence would necessarily entail an abuse of the legal process. Issues discussed in the book are the controversies over the location of the crime of aggression in either law or politics and the legal approach to the problems outlined. Taking examples from Libya, the Ivory Coast and Kenya, the work is of interest to those working in the areas of international criminal justice, international law, legal theory, and international relations. . > This book analyses the relationship between law and violence, the utility of law over violence and whether legality as an approach has an inherent disability in addressing mass violence as a crime. The study is located within international law and assesses whether prosecuting political violence would necessarily entail an abuse of the legal process. The intention is to encourage definition of criminal aggression via legal processes laid down by .