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Judgment Day: Judicial Decision Making at the International Criminal Tribunals

Judgment Day: Judicial Decision Making at the International Criminal Tribunals

Name: Judgment Day: Judicial Decision Making at the International Criminal Tribunals
Brand: Cambridge University Press
SKU: 9781316625736
Price: 353.08 HKD
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Author: Rosa Aloisi; James Meernik
ISBN: 9781316625736

Edited by Rosa Aloisi · James Meernik

Cambridge University Press June 2017

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ISBN-13: 9781316625736
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication: June 2017
Format: Paperback
Jurisdiction: U.K. ? Countri(es) for reference only

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This book demonstrates how, after many years of inactivity after the World War II tribunals, judges at the Yugoslav, Rwanda and Sierra Leone tribunals, and to a lesser extent the International Criminal Court, have seized the opportunity to develop international law on war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide.

Meernik and Aloisi argue that judges are motivated by a concern for human rights protection and the legacy of international criminal justice. They have progressively expanded the reach of international law to protect human rights and have used the power of their own words to condemn human rights atrocities. Judges have sentenced the guilty to lengthy and predictable terms in prison to provide justice, deterrence of future violations and even to advance peace and reconciliation. On judgment day, we show that judges have sought to enhance the power of international justice.

1. The importance of judicial decision making

2. A theory of international judges as judicial entrepreneurs

3. Analyzing the progressive development of international law

4. The expressive function of judgments

5. Punishing the guilty

6. Conclusions.

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