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Weekend reading on international sentencing

By Douglas A. Berman

Because I can barely keep up with major national sentencing trends, I am always grateful to see others keeping an eye on important international sentencing stories.  Thus, I was excited to see this new piece on SSRN by Shahram Dana, titled "Advancing International Law: Rethinking Nulla Poena Sine Lege in International Criminal Justice." Here is the abstract: Although ranking among the most fundamental principles of criminal law, nulla poena sine lege has received surprisingly little attention in international criminal justice.  Indeed, it may be considered the 'poor cousin' of nullum crimen sine lege, which in comparison has been the subject of numerous articles, books, and judgments.  Given that they work in tandem as principles of legality, the limited scholarship on nulla poena sine lege is difficult to justify, although not without explanation...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sentencing Law and Policy on February 21, 2009 (boomark / email).