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Universal Jurisdiction: The Sierra Leone Profile

Part of the International Criminal Justice Series Book Series (volume 3)

DOI: 10.1007/978-94-6265-054-1

ISBN: 978-94-6265-053-4

Publisher: T.M.C. Asser Press - Springer Journals

Mar 13, 2015

1 - 10 of 10 Chapters

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Chapter 1Introduction

Thompson, Bankole

Pages: 1 –4

[Contemporary records show that the West African State of Sierra Leone has recently made history with the trial, conviction, and sentencing by the United Nations-backed Special Court for Sierra Leone, an international criminal tribunal, of Charles Taylor, former President of the West African...
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Chapter 2Sources of International Law

Thompson, Bankole

Pages: 5 –13

[Any scholarly work on international law would be incomplete without an overview of the sources of this important body of law regulating the conduct of states and other subjects of international law. In effect, to understand the rights, obligations, and liabilities of international entities,...
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Chapter 3Relationship Between International Law and Municipal Law: History, Theories, Status, and Related Aspects

Thompson, Bankole

Pages: 15 –27

[The relationship between international law and municipal law has always been a fundamental feature of the study of international law as an academic discipline. Additionally, the practical interaction of the two normative regulatory systems presents tremendous consequences for the conduct of...
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Chapter 4Justice in Sierra Leone: Principal Agencies

Thompson, Bankole

Pages: 29 –51

[Sierra Leone has a legal system that is, save for the system of customary justice, largely patterned after the English common law tradition. It is highly organized, well structured, and reflects certain positive attributes and elements of the British model. This chapter provides a comprehensive...
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Chapter 5Justice in Sierra Leone: Subsidiary Agencies

Thompson, Bankole

Pages: 53 –63

[In addition to its five major components, the legal system of Sierra Leone consists of six subsidiary institutional components. They are the Ombudsman Office, the Human Rights Commission, the Anti-Corruption Commission, the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, the Law Reform Commission, and the...
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Chapter 6Jurisdiction: Nature, Scope, Dimensions, and Complexities

Thompson, Bankole

Pages: 65 –74

[It is worth reiterating that the focus of this study is twofold. The first is to articulate the extent, if any, to which the West African State of Sierra Leone is fulfilling its international obligations to either extradite or prosecute persons suspected of committing crimes in violation of...
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Chapter 7Universal Criminal Jurisdiction: Law and Practice in Sierra Leone

Thompson, Bankole

Pages: 75 –80

[Universal jurisdiction is one of international law’s core concepts. Its value as a juridical weapon has been recently demonstrated by the historic achievement of the West African State of Sierra Leone in the prosecution and conviction by the United Nations-backed Special Court for Sierra Leone...
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Chapter 8Universal Civil Jurisdiction: Law and Practice in Sierra Leone

Thompson, Bankole

Pages: 81 –84

[The law governing universal civil jurisdiction in Sierra Leone reveals several penumbras of uncertainty, statutorily and jurisprudentially. In effect, it is difficult to ascertain the state of the law with certainty and precision. This chapter seeks to formulate some general propositions that...
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Chapter 9Universal Jurisdiction: The Sierra Leone Profile—Problematic Features

Thompson, Bankole

Pages: 85 –119

[The present state of the law governing universal jurisdiction in Sierra Leone is beset with much uncertainty and imprecision. There are also some aspects of it that seem incompatible with international legal norms and standards. Apart from definitional problems, there are also conceptual,...
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Chapter 10Universal Jurisdiction in Sierra Leone: Reform of the Law

Thompson, Bankole

Pages: 121 –126

[The concept of law reform in common-law jurisdictions has always been predicated upon the need for lawyers to break out of their traditional mould of commitment to and contentment with “lawyers law” or technical legalistic justice. Evidently, changing the law for the sake of change is not a good...

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