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Power and Principle : The Politics of International Criminal Courts /

Human rights advocates have long pressed for international institutions to prosecute crimes against humanity. With its global reach and mandate to investigate and prosecute some of the world's most severe crimes (genocide, war crimes, and crimes against humanity) the creation of the Internation...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Rudolph, Christopher, 1966- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Ithaca : Cornell University Press, [2017]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
International Criminal Court.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Human Rights.
LAW > Criminal Law > General.
International institutions.
International relations.
Politics and government.
Society and social sciences Society and social sciences.
Tribunaux penaux internationaux > Aspect politique.
International criminal courts > Political aspects.
Electronic books.
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : the light of justice
  • Power and principle from Nuremberg to The Hague
  • Nested interests and the institutional design of the International Criminal Court
  • Explaining the outliers : domestic politics and national interests
  • Power, principle, and pragmatism in prosecutorial strategy
  • Conclusion : between power and principle.

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