Review of the book by Gerhard Werle, Principles of International Criminal Law (The Hague, The Netherlands: TMC Asser Press, 2005), 488 pp.

The review appraises a recent treatise on international criminal law written by Dr. Gerhard Werle, Professor of German and international criminal law at the Alexander-von-Humboldt University in Berlin. Unlike some earlier treatises on international criminal law, which had contained a combined presentation of both international criminal law and procedure, G. Werle’s work focuses exclusively on material law. The book is subdivided in six parts and expounds in a detailed way the foundations, principles and systembuilding institutions of international criminal law, as well as comments profoundly t... Mehr ...