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1 online resource (361 pages) |
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TRIALS AND TRIBULATIONS OF INTERNATIONAL PROSECUTION; Contents; Introduction: Current Issues Confronting International Criminal Prosecutions; Part I: Thematic Studies; 1. Customary Law and the Ad Hoc International Criminal Courts; 2. The Joint Criminal Enterprise Debate and the Case of Charles Taylor: The Politics of International Criminal Tribunal Law; 3. Prosecuting Recruitment of Child Combatants by the Special Court for Sierra Leone: Precedents and Problems; 4. Song as a Crime Against Humanity: The First International Prosecution a Pop Star. |
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5. Seeking Justice and Accountability: The Dilemmas of Humanitarian Law and Human Rights NGOs6. Peace vs. Justice: The Strategic Use of International Criminal Tribunals; 7. Understanding the Alienated Constituents of International Tribunals: Bridging the Gap; 8. Justice, Peace, and Windmills: An Analysis of "Live Indictments" by the International Criminal Court; 9. Should We Press the Victims?: Uneven Support for International Criminal Tribunals; 10. The ICC and R2P: Problems of Individual Culpability and State Responsibility; Part II: Case Studies; 11. The Tokyo War Crimes Trial. |
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12. Arresting Charles Taylor13. Hybrid Tribunals and the Rule of Law: War Crimes Chamber of the State Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina; 14. A Necessary Compromise or Compromised Justice? The Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia; 15. Special Tribunal for Lebanon; 16. Comparing Formal and Informal Mechanisms of Acknowledgment in Uganda; 17. Restorative Justice, RPF Rule, and the Success of Gacaca; 18. Gacaca and the Treatment of Sexual Offenses; 19. Guilty as Charged: The Trial of Former President Alberto Fujimori for Human Rights Violations; Afterword; Index; About the Contributors. |
| Summary |
This book examines the political and legal challenges of instating criminal prosecutions by international tribunals since their reestablishment a half century after the international military tribunals at Nuremberg and Tokyo. The contributions, dilemmas, and moral hazards from this record of nearly two decades has episodes of deterrence and punishment, but also harmful effects from selective enforcement and postconflict polarization, instead of building the rule of law and deterrence. Academics and policy makers will learn from the various lessons learned from legal and polit. |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
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International criminal courts.
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International criminal courts. |
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Prosecution (International law) -- Case studies.
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Prosecution (International law) |
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International criminal courts -- Case studies.
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Case studies.
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Electronic books.
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Case studies.
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| Added Author |
Mitchell, Stacey M.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Carey, Henry F. Trials and Tribulations of International Prosecution. Lanham : Lexington Books, ©2013 9780739169407 |
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9780739169414 |
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0739169416 |
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9780739169407 (cloth ; alkaline paper) |
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0739169408 (cloth ; alkaline paper) |
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