Preface -- List of abbreviations -- List of contributors. Introduction: international criminal law in context / Philipp Kastner. Part 1 Contextualising international criminal law : The conscience of civilisation, and its discontents: a counter history of international criminal law / Gerry Simpson -- The subjects of international criminal law / Frédéric Mégret -- The idea of transitional justice: international criminal justice and beyond / Wendy Lambourne. Part 2 International crimes : Genocide: to prevent and punish "radical evil" / Eyal Mayroz -- Crimes against humanity: the concept of humanity in international law / Raphaëlle Nollez-Goldbach -- War crimes: increasing compliance with international humanitarian law through international criminal law? / Dale Stephens and Thomas Wooden -- Sexual and gender-based crimes / Rosemary Grey -- The crime of aggression: shifting authority for international peace? / Sean Richmond -- Rethinking liberal legality through the African Court of Justice and Human Rights: re-situating economic crimes and other enablers of violence / Kamari Maxine Clark. Part 3 The implementation of international criminal law : The ad hoc tribunals: image, origins, pathways, legacies / Timothy William Waters -- Hybrid tribunals: institutional experiments and the potential for creativity within international criminal law / Philipp Kastner -- The International Criminal Court: between law and politics / Christian M. De Vos -- Complementary revisited: national prosecutions of international crimes and the gaps in international law / Fannie Lafontaine and Sophie Gagné -- The influence of international human rights law on international criminal procedure / Yvonne McDermott -- "And where the offence is, let the great axe fall": sentencing under international criminal law / Mark A. Drumbl -- The role of victims: emerging rights to participation and reparation in international criminal courts / Stephen Smith Cody and Eric Stover. Index