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1 online resource (xv, 226 pages) |
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polychrome |
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text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 190-207) and index. |
| Contents |
Legal and judicial reform and the United Nations : early practice and assumptions -- Introduction to the case studies : assessment criteria, case study guidelines and case selection -- The UN Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo -- The UN Transitional Administration in East Timor -- Legal and judicial reform reconsidered. |
| Summary |
At the end of the 20th century, and at the dawn of the 21st, the United Nations was tasked with the administration of justice in territories placed under its executive authority, an undertaking for which there was no established precedent or doctrine. Examining the UN's legal and judicial reform efforts in Kosovo and East Timor, this volume argues that rather than helping to establish a sustainable legal system, the UN's approach detracted from it, as it confused ends with means. In the process, justice standards were sacrificed for the sake of prosecutions; the legal vacuum was not filled eff. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
United Nations Interim Mission in Kosovo.
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United Nations Interim Mission in Kosovo. |
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United Nations. Transitional Administration in East Timor.
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United Nations. Transitional Administration in East Timor. |
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Justice, Administration of -- International cooperation.
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Justice, Administration of -- International cooperation. |
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Justice, Administration of. |
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Social justice -- International cooperation.
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Social justice. |
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International cooperation. |
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Electronic books.
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Electronic books -- Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Trenkov-Wermuth, Calin. United Nations justice. Shibuya-ku, Tokyo ; New York, N.Y. : United Nations University Press, ©2010 9789280811735 (DLC) 2009038156 (OCoLC)368046294 |
| ISBN |
9789280871425 (electronic book) |
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9280871420 (electronic book) |
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9789280811735 |
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9280811738 |
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