The Global Prosecution of Core Crimes under International Law

Part I. Introduction.
Chapter 1. Methodological framework and research questions
Chapter 2. Preliminary observations on the systems of enforcement

Part II. The Characterisation and Prosecution of Core Crimes: Some Underlying Assumptions
Chapter 3. Multi-level prosecutions of serious crimes of concern to the international community.- Chapter 4. Why do we need to understand the concept of core crimes?
Chapter 5. What is required to intrude into the sovereignty of a defaulting State in order to investigate and prosecute core crimes?
Chapter 6. The overarching contextual (juridical) elements
Chapter 7. The juridical consequences of core crimes: Individual criminal responsibility and State aggravated responsibility
Chapter 8. Detecting the determining and distinguishing factors.- Part III. The Vertical System of Enforcement
Chapter 9. The salient features of the vertical system of enforcement
Chapter 10. The State obligation to cooperate under international law
Chapter 11. Inherent limitations of the vertical system of enforcement
Chapter 12. The ensuing ‘jurisdictional joint venture’, a division of labour par excellence.- Part IV. The Horizontal System of Enforcement
Chapter 13. Aut dedere aut judicare
Chapter 14. The reliance of the horizontal system of enforcement on the corpus juris relating to extradition
Chapter 15. The impact of customary international law and the general principles of law on the horizontal system of enforcement
Chapter 16. Pitfalls within the horizontal system of enforcement
Chapter 17. Concurrent State obligations
Chapter 18. The self-assumption of jurisdiction: An abuse of power or a necessary evil?.- Part V. Conclusion
Chapter 19. The obligation of States to prevent, prosecute and punish core crimes
Chapter 20. The development of functional international constitutionalism