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The Legal Legacy of the Special Court for Sierra Leone

Charles C. Jalloh (Florida International University)

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English
Cambridge University Press
30 June 2022
This important book considers whether the Special Court for Sierra Leone (SCSL), which was established jointly through an unprecedented bilateral treaty between the United Nations (UN) and Sierra Leone in 2002, has made jurisprudential contributions to the development of the nascent and still unsettled field of international criminal law. A leading authority on the application of international criminal justice in Africa, Charles Jalloh argues that the SCSL, as an innovative hybrid international penal tribunal, made useful jurisprudential additions on key legal questions concerning greatest responsibility jurisdiction, the war crime of child recruitment, forced marriage as a crime against humanity, amnesty, immunity and the relationship between truth commissions and criminal courts. He demonstrates that some of the SCSL case law broke new ground, and in so doing, bequeathed a 'legal legacy' that remains vital to the ongoing global fight against impunity for atrocity crimes and to the continued development of modern international criminal law.

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Imprint:   Cambridge University Press
Country of Publication:   United Kingdom
Dimensions:   Height: 229mm,  Width: 152mm,  Spine: 22mm
Weight:   563g
ISBN:   9781316630891
ISBN 10:   1316630897
Pages:   421
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Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active

Charles C. Jalloh is Professor of Law at Florida International University and Member, International Law Commission. He has published widely on issues of international criminal justice, and in 2018, was the Fulbright Distinguished Chair in International Law at Lund University and the Raoul Wallenberg Institute of Human Rights and Humanitarian Law, Sweden. His prior work experience includes as a legal adviser in the Special Court for Sierra Leone, the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda and the International Criminal Court. He is lead editor of the Consolidated Legal Texts for the Special Court for Sierra Leone (2007), The Sierra Leone Special Court and Its Legacy (2013) and four volumes of The Law Reports of the Special Court for Sierra Leone (2012-2020). He holds degrees from Guelph, McGill, Oxford, and a PhD in international law, from University of Amsterdam.

Reviews for The Legal Legacy of the Special Court for Sierra Leone

'… the book provides a solid foundation on which future scholarship on the SCSL's legacy can build.' Eleanor Thompson, International Criminal Law Review 'This book is one that is worth the attention of readers well beyond the study of the Sierra Leone civil war and its aftermath. It is particularly worthwhile for scholars and practitioners in court administration, whose appraisal and understanding of the judicial branch of government in our own respective countries can be greatly enriched by studying the progress of efforts to promote the growth of international criminal law.' David C. Steelman, The International Journal for Court Administration


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