The book includes a paper on the key concepts of extradition law and practice (double criminality, speciality principle, ne bis in idem, assurances) and the typical course of an international extradition case.
It then outlines the 30 most famous cases of extradition in history (from Assange to Puidgemont, from Eichmann to Battisti).
Dr Stefano Maffei is an academic lawyer at the University of Parma and regularly appears as an expert witness in international extradition cases.