International Criminal Law Review Pub Date : 2021-08-02 , DOI: 10.1163/15718123-bja10081 Sergio Dellavalle 1, 2
This article analyses the three theoretical presuppositions for an international dimension of criminal law to be successfully established. The first consists in the redefinition of the concept of sovereignty. Indeed, since sovereign power is usually understood as located within the boundaries of the individual states, it is necessary, for criminal law to turn international, that sovereignty is made compatible with cosmopolitan obligations. On the other hand, the reshaping of sovereignty can only be conceived on the basis of a universalistic understanding of the common good. Accordingly, the second step must lead to the transition from a particularistic to a universalistic idea of the well-ordered society. Thirdly, to avoid a hierarchical and centralized approach to international criminal justice, a notion of universalism should be preferred that, by making it sensitive to pluralism, also advocates an implementation of international criminal law which is prone to empowering national and local communities.
中文翻译:
关于为什么(以及如何)刑法应该国际化的一些思考
本文分析了成功确立刑法的国际维度的三个理论前提。首先是对主权概念的重新定义。事实上,由于主权权力通常被理解为位于个别国家的边界之内,因此刑法有必要转向国际化,使主权与世界性义务相容。另一方面,主权的重塑只能建立在对共同利益的普遍理解的基础上。相应地,第二步必须导致有序社会从特殊主义向普遍主义观念的转变。第三,为了避免对国际刑事司法采取等级化和集中化的方法,应该倾向于普遍主义的概念,即: