Writing history in international criminal trials / Richard Ashby Wilson.

"This book uses empirical research on three international criminal tribunals to understand how law and history are combined in the courtroom"--

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Year of Publication:2011
Language:English
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Physical Description:xiv, 257 p. :; ill.
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245 1 0 |a Writing history in international criminal trials  |h [electronic resource] /  |c Richard Ashby Wilson. 
260 |a Cambridge [England] ;  |a New York :  |b Cambridge University Press,  |c 2011. 
300 |a xiv, 257 p. :  |b ill. 
504 |a Includes bibliographical references and index. 
505 8 |a Machine generated contents note: 1. Assessing court histories of mass crimes; 2. What does the 'international' actually mean for international criminal trials?; 3. Contrasting evidence: international and common law approaches to expert testimony; 4. Does history have any legal relevance in international criminal trials?; 5. From monumental history to micro-histories; 6. Exoneration and mitigation in defense histories; 7. Misjudging Rwandan society and history at the international criminal tribunal for Rwanda; 8. Permanent justice: the international criminal court; 9. Conclusion: new directions in international criminal trials. 
520 |a "This book uses empirical research on three international criminal tribunals to understand how law and history are combined in the courtroom"--  |c Provided by publisher. 
520 |a "Why do international criminal tribunals write histories of the origins and causes of armed conflicts? Richard Ashby Wilson conducted empirical research with judges, prosecutors, defense attorneys, and expert witnesses in three international criminal tribunals to understand how law and history are combined in the courtroom. Historical testimony is now an integral part of international trials, with prosecutors and defense teams using background testimony to pursue decidedly legal objectives. Both use historical narratives to frame the alleged crimes and to articulate their side's theory of the case. In the Slobodan Milosevic trial, the prosecution sought to demonstrate special intent to commit genocide by reference to a long-standing animus, nurtured within a nationalist mind-set. For their part, the defense calls historical witnesses to undermine charges of superior responsibility, and to mitigate the sentence by representing crimes as reprisals. Although legal ways of knowing are distinctive from those of history, the two are effectively combined in international trials in a way that challenges us to rethink the relationship between law and history"--  |c Provided by publisher. 
533 |a Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries. 
650 0 |a Crimes against humanity. 
650 0 |a War crimes. 
650 0 |a Prosecution. 
650 0 |a Evidence, Documentary. 
650 0 |a Political violence  |x History. 
650 0 |a Civil war  |x History. 
650 0 |a War  |x History. 
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