International criminal law: References & Edit History

Additional Reading

General introductory works on international criminal law include M. Cherif Bassiouni, International Criminal Law, 2nd ed. (1999); and Roy Gutman and David Rieff, Crimes of War (1999). Specific crimes are the subject of William A. Schabas, Genocide in International Law (2000); and M. Cherif Bassiouni, Crimes Against Humanity (1999).

The structure and function of international courts are discussed in Antonio Cassese et al. (eds.), International Criminal Court: A Commentary on the Rome Statute for an International Criminal Court (2001); Kai Ambos and Otto Triffterer (eds.), Commentary on the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (1999); William A. Schabas, An Introduction to the International Criminal Court (2001); and Telford Taylor, The Anatomy of the Nuremberg Trials (1992).

Article Contributors

Primary Contributors

  • William A. Schabas
    Professor of International Law, Middlesex University, London. Author of An Introduction to the International Criminal Court, Genocide in International Law: The Crime of Crimes, and others.

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Article title updated for style. Nov 01, 2026
Link added. Feb 19, 2025
Invalidated site: Cornell University Law School - International criminal law. Feb 26, 2020
Media added. Mar 14, 2016
Add new Web site: The American Society of International Law - International Criminal Law. Nov 23, 2012
Add new Web site: Cornell University Law School - International criminal law. Nov 23, 2012
Changed "The Netherlands" to "the Netherlands." Sep 15, 2010
New article added. Jul 15, 2005
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