Judges and the Making of International Criminal Law.

Half Title -- Series Information -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Contents -- Foreword -- Acknowledgements -- Figures and Tables -- Abbreviations -- Table of Cases -- Table of Instruments -- Introduction -- i The International Judicial Function and the "Noble Lie" -- ii Definitions: Judicial Creativity, Progressive Development of the Law, Disciplining Rules and Legitimacy -- iii Outline of the Book -- Part 1 The Profile, Ethics and Function of International Criminal Judges -- Chapter 1 Getting to Know the International Criminal Judiciary: A Profile Portrait -- i Introduction -- ii A Portrait of the International Criminal Bench: Composition, Representation and Professional Background -- 2.1 Geographic Representation -- 2.2 Representation of Legal Systems -- 2.3 Gender Representation -- 2.4 Professional Background -- iii Conclusion: Composing the Portrait -- Chapter 2 The Independence and Impartiality of the International Criminal Judiciary -- i Introduction -- ii Independence, Impartiality and Related Issues of Ethical Judicial Conduct -- iii Questioning Independence and Impartiality: Excusal and Disqualification of International Criminal Judges -- 3.1 The Ethical Duty to Request Recusal -- 3.2 Grounds for Disqualification: Conflicts of Interest, Personal Associations, or Past and Present Extrajudicial Functions -- 3.2.1 Appointment to Political Office and the Maintenance of Judicial Independence: The Case of Judge Odio Benito -- 3.2.2 Previous and Ongoing Involvement with Non-Governmental and Inter-Governmental Organizations: Judge Mumba and the Application of the Reasonable Observer Test -- 3.2.3 Judge Ozaki's Ambassadorship to Estonia: A Cautionary Tale -- 3.3 Grounds for Disqualification: Biased Expressions of Opinion -- 3.3.1 Opinions Expressed in Previous or Related Cases -- 3.3.1.1 'The Antonetti Saga'.

3.3.1.1(A) ECtHR Jurisprudence on Judicial Impartiality -- 3.3.1.1(B) "To Hell with Precedent": The Birth of 'The Antonetti Test' in Mladić -- 3.3.1.1(C) Meron v Antonetti in the Karadžić Case: A Petty but very Public Power Struggle -- 3.3.2 Opinions Expressed Prior to Appointment to the Bench -- 3.3.3 Extrajudicial Public Statements: The Perils of Free Speech -- 3.3.3.1 Judge Harhoff's Unburdening -- 3.3.3.2 The (Un)Silencing of Judge Sow -- iv Conclusion -- Chapter 3 Judicial Creativity and the International Judicial Function: Lauterpacht's Legacy -- i Introduction -- 1.1 Why Lauterpacht? -- ii Exploring Competing Conceptions of the Judicial Function: Beyond a Myopic Formalist Account -- iii Identifying a Creative Interpretative Element in Conceptions of the International Judicial Function: Lauterpacht's Legacy? -- 3.1 Lauterpacht's Theory of International Law -- 3.2 Lauterpacht's Conception of the International Judicial Function: Interpretative Creativity as the Pathway to Progress -- 3.2.1 Judicial Creativity, Stare Decisis and the Evolution of the 'Imperfect' International Legal Order -- 3.2.2 Gap-Filling, Pragmatism and the Gradual Concretization of Rules -- 3.2.3 Effectiveness of Rules, Exhaustive Reasoning and the Developmental Potential of Separate and Dissenting Opinions -- iv Conclusions: Lauterpacht's Legacy -- Part 2 Judicial Creativity and the Making of International Criminal Law -- Chapter 4 Giving Life to International Criminal Justice: The Judicial Role in the Evolution of International Criminal Procedure -- i Introduction -- ii The Function of International Criminal Procedure: Truth, Due Process and Efficiency -- 2.1 Truth -- 2.2 Due Process -- 2.3 Efficiency -- iii The Judicial Role in the Evolution of International Criminal Procedure -- 3.1 Nuremberg and the Birth of the Rule-Making Power of the International Criminal Bench.

3.2 The Ad Hoc Tribunals and the Judicial Role in the Development of the Rules of Procedure and Evidence -- 3.3 Limiting the Judicial Role in the Development of International Criminal Procedure: The icc and the Reconfiguration of Procedural Rule-Making Powers -- iv Conclusion -- Chapter 5 The Ad Hoc Tribunals, Judicial Creativity and the Rebirth of International Criminal Law* -- i Introduction -- ii The Drafting of the Statutes, Sources of Law and the Secretary-General's Inconsistent Interpretative Guidance -- iii Methods of Interpretation: Piecemeal Identification and Fractured Application -- 3.1 A Sound Interpretational Foundation: The vclt Rules -- 3.2 Grounding Creative Judicial Interpretation: The Utilization of Articles 31 and 32 of the vclt -- iv Reliance on Customary International Law: A Cure for All Statutory Ailments? -- 4.1 Identifying Rules of Customary International Law: The Ad Hoc Tribunals' Chequered History -- 4.1.1 The Tadić Jurisdiction Decision: Reshaping International Humanitarian Law under the Guise of Questionable Customary Rules -- 4.1.2 Creating Custom in the Service of Humanity: Kupreškić, Reprisals and the Martens Clause -- 4.1.3 Custom, Cassese and Judicial Entrepreneurialism -- v Precedent, Custom and Controversy: Defining the Limits of Modes of Liability -- 5.1 From Tadić to the eccc: The Birth (and Possible Death) of jce iii within Customary International Law -- 5.2 Perišić and the Tangled Jurisprudence on Specific Direction -- vi The Importance of Exhaustive Reasoning for the Acceptance and Authority of Judicial Decisions -- 6.1 The Consequences of a Failure of Exhaustive Reasoning: The Gotovina and Markač Case -- vii Conclusion -- Chapter 6 'Curb Your Creativity': The Rome Statute and the Attempted Institution of Interpretative Restraint* -- i Introduction.

ii The Rome Statute and the Codification of Interpretative Restraint -- iii Hierarchies, Sources and Strict Construction: Articles 21 and 22(2) of the Rome Statute -- 3.1 Article 21(1) and 21(2): The Chaperoning of the Judicial Function and the Prioritization of Textual Interpretation -- 3.1.1 The Interpretation of Article 25(3)(a): The Betrayal of Textualism -- 3.1.2 Charting the Origins of Article 21's Hierarchy of Sources and the Potential Impact on the Interpretative Judicial Function -- 3.2 The Role of Precedent, Customary International Law and General Principles of Law in the Rome Statute's Interpretative Regime -- 3.2.1 Keeping Things in House: Adherence to Internal Precedent -- 3.2.2 The Role of External Precedent in the Identification of "Principles and Rules of International Law" -- 3.2.3 Questionable Rules of Customary International Law: The Rome Statute and Head of State Immunity -- 3.2.4 General Principles Derived from National Systems as a Subsidiary Source -- 3.3 Article 21(3): Consistency with International Human Rights Law as a General Interpretative Provision -- 3.4 Article 22(2): Interpretative Freedom and the Requirements of Strict Construction -- iv Conclusion -- Conclusions -- i Dispensing with the "Noble Lie" -- ii Lauterpacht's Legacy and the International Criminal Judicial Function -- iii What Is Expected of the International Criminal Judge? Profile and Ethics of the International Criminal Bench -- iv The Judicial Role in the Progressive Development of International Criminal Law: Findings on Method and Future Prospects -- v Parting Words -- Conclusions -- i Dispensing with the "Noble Lie" -- ii Lauterpacht's Legacy and the International Criminal Judicial Function -- iii What Is Expected of the International Criminal Judge? Profile and Ethics of the International Criminal Bench.

iv The Judicial Role in the Progressive Development of International Criminal Law: Findings on Method and Future Prospects -- v Parting Words -- Bibliography -- 1 Books -- 2 Book Chapters -- 3 Journal Articles -- 4 icc Assembly of States Parties Documents -- 5 ngo Publications -- 6 Online Resources -- 7 Reports -- 8 Travaux Préparatoires -- Index.

In Judges and the Making of International Criminal Law Joseph Powderly explores the role of judicial creativity in the progressive development of international criminal law. This wide-ranging work unpacks the nature and contours of the international criminal judicial function.

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