Bulletin n. 1/2012
June 2012
CONTENTS
  • Section A) The theory and practise of the federal states and multi-level systems of government
  • Section B) Global governance and international organizations
  • Section C) Regional integration processes
  • Section D) Federalism as a political idea
    • Weigend Thomas
    ‘In general a principle of justice’. The Debate on the ‘Crime against Peace’ in the Wake of the Nuremberg Judgment
    in Journal of International Criminal Justice , Volume 10, Issue 1, March ,  2012 ,  41-58
    The Nuremberg judgment concerning the crime against peace failed to provide a persuasive argument that the convictions for this crime were in keeping with the principle nullum crimen sine lege and especially with the prohibition of ex post facto criminal law. For this reason, the contemporary response to the International Military Tribunal judgment in that respect, both in Germany and the United States, was predominantly critical. Vindication for the ‘Nuremberg revolution’ can be achieved only through a consistent application of the newly established principle that preparing for and waging an aggressive war is a criminal offence under international law. The so-called ‘Kampala compromise’ of 2010 is an important step in this direction.
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