Confronting the Shadow State: An International Law Perspective on State Organized Crime

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Henri Decoeur (Avocat, Avocat, Paris Bar Association)

Confronting the Shadow State

An International Law Perspective on State Organized Crime

Henri Decoeur (Avocat, Avocat, Paris Bar Association)

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Oxford University Press
19 April 2018

Organised crime; International organisations & institutions; International criminal law

Series: Oxford Monographs in International Law

This book examines the rules and mechanisms of international law relevant to the suppression of state organized crime, and provides a normative justification for developing international legal mechanisms specifically designed to address this phenomenon.

State organized crime refers to the use by senior state officials of the resources of the state to facilitate or participate in organized crime, in pursuit of policy objectives or personal profit. This concept covers diverse forms of government misconduct, including strategic partnerships with drug traffickers, the plundering of a country's resources by kleptocrats, and high-level corruption schemes.

The book identifies the distinctive criminological characteristics of state organized crime, and analyses the applicability, potential, and limits of the norms and mechanisms of international law relevant to the suppression of state organized crime. In particular, it discusses whether the involvement of state organs or agents in organized crime may amount to an internationally wrongful act giving rise to the international responsibility of the state, and highlights a number of practical and normative shortcomings of the legal framework established by relevant crime-suppression conventions.

The book also sketches proposals to develop an international legal framework designed to hold perpetrators of state organized crime accountable. It presents a normative justification for criminalizing and suppressing state organized crime at the international level, proposes draft provisions for an international convention for the suppression of state organized crime, and discusses the potential role of the UN Security Council and of international criminal courts and tribunals, respectively, in holding perpetrators accountable.

Providing the first comprehensive analysis, from the perspective of international law, of a phenomenon so far mainly studied by criminologists, this study would appeal to researchers, social activists, and policy makers alike.

By: Henri Decoeur (Avocat Avocat Paris Bar Association)
Imprint: Oxford University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 241mm, Width: 164mm, Spine: 23mm
Weight: 612g
ISBN: 9780198823933
ISBN 10: 0198823932
Series: Oxford Monographs in International Law
Pages: 302
Publication Date: 19 April 2018
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Henri Decoeur is a lawyer specializing in international criminal litigation, in matters relating to human rights, organized crime, terrorism, and corruption. He holds a PhD from the University of Cambridge, an LLM from McGill University, and a BA in comparative law from Universite' Paris Nanterre. He has worked for international criminal courts and tribunals, and practices law as a licensed member of the Paris Bar.

Reviews for Confronting the Shadow State: An International Law Perspective on State Organized Crime

Decoeur's approach is methodical, thorough, and sufficiently cautious. His arguments are carefully developed and his conclusions, referred to as 'utopian' in the book's preface, are, in fact, compelling. * Andreas Schloenhardt, German Yearbook of International Law * Providing the first comprehensive analysis, from the perspective of international law, of a phenomenon so far mainly studied by criminologists, this study would appeal to researchers, social activists, and policy makers alike. * Wordtrade.com *