NCJ Number
151803
Date Published
1994
Length
411 pages
Annotation
This book explores international criminal law in the context of the protective principle, a principle generally referring to international criminal jurisdiction that permits a state to grant extraterritorial effect to legislation criminalizing conduct that is damaging to national security or other central state interests.
Abstract
The protective principle falls within the general subject areas of jurisdiction under international law and international criminal law. The book explains why states make jurisdictional claims based on the protective principle, why state claims based on the protective principle should be limited, characteristics of the protective principle, and the relation between the protective principle and other jurisdiction principles. The author also examines extradition, mutual legal assistance in criminal matters, quasiterritoriality and enforcement jurisdiction, and the scope of the protective principle in international criminal jurisdiction in Scandinavia (Sweden, Denmark, and Norway) and in the United States. References and footnotes