International Criminal Justice: Legitimacy and Coherence - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1781005591 ISBN 13: 9781781005590

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd, 2012

Synopsis

International criminal justice as a discipline throws up numerous conceptual issues, engaging disciplines such as law, politics, history, sociology, psychology to name but a few. This book addresses themes around international criminal justice from a mixture of traditional and more radical perspectives. While law, and in particular international law, is at the heart of much of the discussion around this topic, history, sociology and politics are invariably infused and, in some aspects of international criminal justice, are predominant elements. Fundamentally the exploration concerns questions of coherence and legitimacy, which are foundational to both the content and application of the discipline, and the book charts an illuminating path through these diverse perspectives. The contributions in this book come from some of the eminent scholars and practitioners in the area, and will provide some profound insight into and an enriched understanding of international criminal justice, helping to advance the field of study. This ambitious and necessary book will appeal to academics and students of international criminal law, international criminal justice, international law, transitional justice, comparative criminal law, as well as practitioners of international criminal law.

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Review:

International criminal justice indeed is a crowded field. But this edited collection stands well above the crowd. And it does so with dignity. Through interdisciplinary analysis, the editors skillfully turn shibboleths into intrigues. Theirs is a kaleidoscopic project that scales a gamut of issues: from courtroom discipline, to gender, to the defense, to history. Through vivid deployment of unconventional methods, this edited collection unsettles conventional wisdom. It thereby pushes law and policy toward heartier horizons. --Mark A. Drumbl, Washington and Lee University, School of Law, US

From the Author:

Edited by Gideon Boas, Barrister-at-Law; Professor, La Trobe Law School, La Trobe University, Australia, William A. Schabas, Professor of International Law, Middlesex University, London, UK and Professor of International Criminal Law and Human Rights, Leiden University, the Netherlands and Michael P. Scharf, Case Western Reserve University School of Law, US

About this edition

• Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 1781005591
• ISBN 13: 9781781005590
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 336
• Editor: Boas Gideon, Schabas William A., Scharf Michael P.