United Nations justice [electronic resource] : legal and judicial reform in governance operations / Calin Trenkov-Wermuth.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Trenkov-Wermuth, Calin.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Justice, Administration of--International cooperation.

Justice, Administration of.

Social justice--International cooperation.

Social justice.

United Nations.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (243 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Shibuya-ku, Tokyo ; N.Y. : United Nations University Press, c2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

At the end of the 20th century, and at the dawn of the 21st, the United Nations was tasked with the administration of justice in territories placed under its executive authority, an undertaking for which there was no established precedent or doctrine. Examining the UN's legal and judicial reform efforts in Kosovo and East Timor, this volume argues that rather than helping to establish a sustainable legal system, the UN's approach detracted from it, as it confused ends with means. In the process, justice standards were sacrificed for the sake of prosecutions; the legal vacuum was not filled eff

Contents:

CONTENTS; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Introduction; 1 Legal and judicial reform and the United Nations: Early practice and assumptions; 2 Introduction to the case studies: Assessment criteria, case study guidelines and case selection; 3 The UN Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo; 4 The UN Transitional Administration in East Timor; 5 Legal and judicial reform reconsidered; Conclusion; References; Treaties; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

92-808-7142-0

OCLC:

697174360