1st Edition

The United States of America and the Crime of Aggression

By Giulia Pecorella Copyright 2021
294 Pages
by Routledge

294 Pages
by Routledge

294 Pages
by Routledge

This book traces the position of the United States of America on aggression, beginning with the Declaration of Independence up to 2020, covering the four years of the Trump Administration. The decision of the Assembly of States Parties to the International Criminal Court to activate the Court’s jurisdiction over the crime of aggression in 2018 has added further value to a book concerning the... Read more

Introduction

Chapter 1, Prelude to the criminalization of aggression: the bygone era (1776-1917)

Chapter 2, The international delict of Aggression (1918-1944)

Chapter 3, The International Crime of Aggression (1945-1952)

Chapter 4, An indefinable Aggression (1952-2002)

Chapter 5, A Treaty-based crime of aggression (2003-2020)

Conclusion

Biography

Giulia Pecorella is Senior Lecturer in Law at Middlesex University, UK.