Name: Law, Politics and the Limits of Prosecuting Mass Atrocity
Brand: Palgrave Macmillan
SKU: 9783319609935
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Author: Damien Rogers
ISBN: 9783319609935

Law, Politics and the Limits of Prosecuting Mass Atrocity

By Damien Rogers

Palgrave Macmillan September 2017

Specifications

ISBN-13: 9783319609935
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Publication: September 2017
Format: Hardback
Jurisdiction: Switzerland ? Countri(es) for reference only

Details

This book offers a unique and powerful critique of the quest for international criminal justice. It explores the efforts of three successive generations of international prosecutors, recognising the vital roles they play in the enforcement of international criminal law.

By critically examining prosecutorial performance during the pre-trial and trial phases, the volume argues that these prosecutors are simultaneously political actors serving in the interests of economic liberalisation. It also posits that international prosecutors help wage a mostly silent and largely unacknowledged politico-cultural war fought for control over the institutions governing modernist international affairs. As the author contends, international prosecutors are thus best understood as agents not only of the law and politics, but also of a war fought by proponents of various utopian projects.

Table of Contents

1. Introduction Part I: Prosecuting Mass Atrocity after World War II

2. International Military Tribunals

3. Indictment of German and Japanese War Leaders

4. Opening Statements at Nuremberg and Tokyo

Part II: Prosecuting Mass Atrocity after the Cold War

5. Ad-hoc International Criminal Tribunals

6. Indictment of Yugoslav and Rwandan Troublemakers

7. Opening Statements at The Hague and Arusha

Part III: Prosecuting Mass Atrocity during the War on Terror

8. International Criminal Court

9. New Generation of Prosecutors: Warrants, Summonses and Opening Statements

10. Conclusion