Gabriel M. Lentner

English summary: This new volume presents international law with a focus on commercially important legal relations, together with international private law, which is closely related to it in practice, in a concise, well-founded and application-oriented manner. Even complex issues are presented in a clear and comprehensible manner, using specific case studies. In addition, all of the important international legal documents, treaties and agreements, as well as excerpts from central international and national court decisions, are included in the usual way for optional in-depth study. German description: Dieser neue Band vermittelt das Volkerrecht mit Schwerpunkt auf wirtschaftlich bedeutsame Rechtsbeziehungen samt dem in der Praxis eng verbundenen Internationalen Privatrecht pragnant, fundiert und anwendungsorientiert. Anhand konkreter Fallbeispiele werden auch komplexe Fragestellungen anschaulich und verstandlich dargestellt. In bewahrter Weise finden sich daruber hinaus alle wichtigen volkerrechtlichen Dokumente, Vertrage und Abkommen sowie Auszuge aus zentralen internationalen wie nationalen Gerichtsentscheidungen zur optionalen Vertiefung.

'The field of international criminal justice owes its growth more to practice than to theory. Hugely important theoretical questions have often been given short shrift. But not by Gabriel Lentner. In an accessible style and on the basis of wide reading, he addresses head-on one of the most fundamental theoretical questions pertaining to the International Criminal Court: what is the legal nature of referrals made by the United Nations Security Council to the ICC of situations in states that are not parties to the Statute? He illustrates the significance of that question with supreme verve. A most promising debut.'- Sarah M. H. Nouwen, University of Cambridge and Pembroke College, UK Drawing on both theory and practice, this insightful book offers a comprehensive analysis of the relationship between the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) and the International Criminal Court (ICC), centered on the referral mechanism. Arguing that the legal nature of the referral must be conceptualized as a conferral of powers from the UNSC to the ICC, the author explores the complex legal relationship between interacting international organizations. With a novel approach to the relationship between the UNSC and the ICC, this book addresses important questions raised in practice. In particular, Gabriel M. Lentner explores issues regarding any limits and conditions for referral under the UN Charter and the Rome Statute, and the legal effects on heads-of-state immunity, as well as the validity of jurisdictional exemptions for other specific categories of nationals. This is a persuasive study into the powers of the UNSC with respect to international criminal law. With its timely focus on an important topic, this book will be vital reading for academics in international institutional law, international criminal law, and human rights law. ICC judges and lawyers, as well as lawyers involved in the UN, governments, and non-governmental organizations will also benefit from this book.