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Rough Justice: The International Criminal Court´s Battle to Fix the World, One Prosecution at a Time
David L. Bosco
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Description for Rough Justice: The International Criminal Court´s Battle to Fix the World, One Prosecution at a Time
Hardback. The story of the movement to establish the International Criminal Court, its tumultuous first decade, and the challenges it will continue to face in the future. Num Pages: 312 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JPS; JWXK; LBBS; LBHG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 165 x 233 x 26. Weight in Grams: 544.
The Nuremberg trials after World War II constituted a landmark in the development of international criminal justice: presided over by jurists from the victorious powers, it set new standards for defining international war crimes. Set in motion shortly after the creation of the United Nations, the courts seemed to point toward a future in which the international community could more effectively prosecute crimes against humanity and advance the cause of justice and the rule of law throughout the world. However, the onset of the Cold War stymied all efforts to create an effective international criminal court. Neither the US nor ... Read more
The Nuremberg trials after World War II constituted a landmark in the development of international criminal justice: presided over by jurists from the victorious powers, it set new standards for defining international war crimes. Set in motion shortly after the creation of the United Nations, the courts seemed to point toward a future in which the international community could more effectively prosecute crimes against humanity and advance the cause of justice and the rule of law throughout the world. However, the onset of the Cold War stymied all efforts to create an effective international criminal court. Neither the US nor ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
320
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
Weight
555g
Number of Pages
312
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780199844135
SKU
V9780199844135
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About David L. Bosco
David Bosco teaches international politics and law at American University's School of International Service. He is the author of Five to Rule Them All: The UN Security Council and the Making of the Modern World. A graduate of Harvard Law School, he is a former attorney and senior editor at Foreign Policy magazine. He writes the Multilateralist blog for Foreign ... Read more
Reviews for Rough Justice: The International Criminal Court´s Battle to Fix the World, One Prosecution at a Time
Excellent.
The Wall Street Journal
One of — if not, the — most significant contributions to understanding relationships between states and the ICC in recent years.
Journal of International Criminal Justice
The best account so far of the trajectory of the ICC from its optimistic origins to the more constrained court of today.... Written in an ... Read more
The Wall Street Journal
One of — if not, the — most significant contributions to understanding relationships between states and the ICC in recent years.
Journal of International Criminal Justice
The best account so far of the trajectory of the ICC from its optimistic origins to the more constrained court of today.... Written in an ... Read more