The Bible of The Rome Statute: Third edition

A book review: The Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court: A Commentary. O.Triffterer, K.Ambos (eds.). 3rd ed. München: C.H.Beck; Oxford: Hart; Baden-Baden: Nomos, 2016. 2352 pp.

This Commentary on the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court, the most comprehensive guide in the field of international criminal law first time published in 1999 and later twice re-edited by distinguished scholar and professor Otto Triffterer, has been since that time considered as the most significant scientific work on the treaty that established the new permanent system of international criminal justice. This book has been, and still is, encyclopedic companion among the existing literature in all heights and depths of analysis and its overall coverage of international criminal law following the Rome Statute. Commentary joined by professor Kai Ambos in the third edition contains a detailed article-by-article doctrinal interpretation of the International Criminal Court Statute and reflects the latest achievements in the theory and practice of international criminal law. There is a very impressive list of contributors who in their chapters covered a vast range of issues in international criminal law and justice. The book is an indispensable resource for all those interested in this field of law and legal process.

About the author: Gleb Bogush – Ph.D. (Law), Associate Professor in the Law Department at the Lomonosov Moscow State University.

Citation: Bogush G. (2016) Bibliya Rimskogo statuta: Tret'e izdanie. Retsenziya na knigu: The Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court: A Commentary / ed. by O.Triffterer, K.Ambos. 3rd ed. München: C.H.Beck; Oxford: Hart; Baden-Baden: Nomos, 2016. 2352 pp. [The Bible of the Rome Statute: Third edition. A Book Review: Triffterer O., Ambos K. (eds.) The Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court: A Commentary. 3rd ed. München: C.H.Beck; Oxford: Hart; Baden-Baden: Nomos, 2016. 2352 pp.]. Mezhdunarodnoe pravosudie, no.1, pp.125–128. (In Russian).

References

Ambos K. (2011) Preface to the Special Symposium in Honour of Professor Otto Triffterer’s 80th Birthday. Criminal Law Forum, vol.22, no.4, pp.459–460.

Bogush G. (2013) Traktat po mezhdunarodnomu ugolovnomu pravu: Retsenzia na knigu: Ambos K. Treatise on International Criminal Law. Volume I. Foundations and General Part. Oxford University Press, 2013. 560 pp. [Treatise on International Criminal Law: A Book Review: Ambos K. Treatise on International Criminal Law. Volume I. Foundations and General Part. Oxford University Press, 2013. 560 pp.]. Mezhdunarodnnoe pravosudie, no.2, pp.117–120. (In Russian).

Bogush G. (2015) Otto Triffterer (1931–2015). Mezhdunarodnnoe pravosudie, no.3, pp.134–136. (In Russian).

Bogush G. (2010) Kommentariy k Rimskomu statutu Mezhdunarodnogo ugolovnogo suda. Myunkhen, 2008. 1954 s.: Retsenzia [Commentary on the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court. München, 2008. 1954 pp.: A Book Review]. Mezhdunarodnoe ugolovnoe pravo i mezhdunarodnaya yustitsiya, no.1, pp.29–31. (In Russian).

Schabas W. (2012) Pervye desyat' let Mezhdunarodnogo ugolovnogo suda [The First Decade of the International Criminal Court]. Mezhdunarodnnoe pravosudie, no.2, pp.5–16. (In Russian).

Schabas W.A. (2010) The International Criminal Court: A Commentary on the Rome Statute, Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Triffterer O. (ed.) (1999) Commentary on the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court – Observer’s Notes, Article by Article, Baden-Baden: Nomos.

Ushatska A. (2014) Mezhdunarodnyy ugolovnyy sud. Chast' 1. Osnovnye cherty [Ušatska A. The International Criminal Court. Part 1. Basic Characteristics]. Mezhdunarodnnoe pravosudie, no.3, pp.50–62. (In Russian).