The politics of international criminal law / / edited by Holly Cullen, Philipp Kastner and Sean Richmond.

"The Politics of International Criminal Law is an interdisciplinary collection of original research that examines the often noted but understudied political dimensions of International Criminal Law (ICL). As a nascent legal regime that seeks to regulate the longstanding power of states to manag...

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Superior document:Studies in international criminal law ; Volume 2
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Place / Publishing House:Leiden ;, Boston : : Brill Nijhoff,, [2021]
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Year of Publication:2021
Language:English
Series:Studies in international criminal law ; Volume 2.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xii, 395 pages)
Notes:Includes index.
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Summary:"The Politics of International Criminal Law is an interdisciplinary collection of original research that examines the often noted but understudied political dimensions of International Criminal Law (ICL). As a nascent legal regime that seeks to regulate the longstanding power of states to manage war and crime, ICL faces challenges to its legitimacy, including disagreement over its aims and effectiveness; inequality in the work of its institutions; and opposition from dominant countries. The editors bring together eleven senior and emerging scholars and practitioners from Europe, Asia, Africa, Australia and North America to analyse these challenges from an illuminating range of theoretical and empirical perspectives. Taken together, the collection ultimately helps advance our understanding of the particularly charged relationship between law and politics in ICL"--
ISBN:9004372490
Hierarchical level:Monograph
Statement of Responsibility: edited by Holly Cullen, Philipp Kastner and Sean Richmond.