Document Type
Article
Publication Date
10-2000
Journal Title
Columbia Journal of Transnational Law
ISSN
0010-1931
Abstract
This Article criticizes historical practices regarding the prosecution of sitting and former heads of state. It argues that such persons should stand trial for their alleged crimes. However, as the Article illustrates, state practice and international law as they currently exist offer only limited help toward advancing this goal. Although the Pinochet precedent offers evidence that states may be shifting toward a willingness to prosecute heads of state, Professor Penrose advocates the enactment of prosecutorial rules and regulations and urges countries to take the necessary steps to create an international criminal court so that criminal defendants may be tried in a consistent manner in a judicial forum existing specifically for these purposes.
First Page
193
Last Page
220
Volume Number
39
Issue Number
1
Publisher
Columbia Law School
Recommended Citation
Mary M. Penrose,
It's Good to Be the King: Prosecuting Heads of State and Former Heads of State under International Law,
39
Colum. J. Transnat'l L.
193
(2000).
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