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The Law of Command Responsibility


ISBN13: 9780199559329
Published: March 2009
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Country of Publication: UK
Format: Hardback
Price: £135.00



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The book offers a unique study of the law of command or superior responsibility under international law. Born in the aftermath of the Second World War, the doctrine of superior responsibility provides that a military commander, a civilian leader or the leader of a terrorist, paramilitary or rebel group could be held criminally responsible in relation to crimes committed by subordinates even where he has taken no direct or personal part in the commission of these crimes. The basis of this type of liability lies in a grave and culpable failure on the part of the superior to fulfill his duties to prevent or punish crimes of subordinates.

The idea that a superior could be held criminally responsible in relation to crimes of subordinates is central to the ability of international law to ensure compliance with standards of humanitarian law and it remains a most important legal instrument in the fight against impunity. Though it first developed in the international arena, the doctrine of superior responsibility has now spread into many domestic jurisdictions thus offering judicial and prosecutorial authorities a ready-made instrument to hold to account the leaders of men who knew of the crimes of their subordinates and failed to adequately respond to prevent or punish those crimes.

This volume provides a comprehensive and insightful dissection of the doctrine of superior responsibility, the scope of its application, its elements as well as the evidential difficulties involved in establishing the criminal responsibility of a superior in the context of a criminal prosecution.

Subjects:
International Criminal Law
Contents:
I Introduction
1. The Resurgence of International Criminal Justice and the Rebirth of Command Responsibility
2. Purposes, Method, Structure, and Terminology

II Nature and Scope of Application of Command Responsibility
3. Command Responsibility as a Sui Generis form of Liability for Omission
4. Scope of Application of the Doctrine of Command Responsibility
5. Military Commanders, Civilian leaders, and Other Superiors, wthether De Jure or De Facto

III Elements of Command Responsibility and Underlying Offences
6. General Remarks
7. Underlying Offences
8. A Superior-Subordinate Relationship between the Accused and Those Who Committed the Underlying Offences
9. A Culpable State of Mind
10. Breach of A Duty and Cpnsequential Failure to Prevent or to Punish Crimes of Subordinates

IV CONCLUSION
11. CONCLUSION