Governance, order, and the International Criminal Court : between realpolitik and a cosmopolitan court / edited by Steven C. Roach.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Roach, Steven C.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

International Criminal Court.

International criminal courts--Political aspects.

International criminal courts.

International cooperation.

Criminal justice, Administration of--Political aspects.

Criminal justice, Administration of.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (302 p.)

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Since entering into force in July 2002, the International Criminal Court (ICC) has emerged as one of the most intriguing models of global governance. This innovative edited volume investigates the challenges facing the ICC, including the dynamics of politicized justice, US opposition, an evolving and flexible institutional design, the juridification of political evil, negative and positive global responsibility, the apparent conflict between peace and justice, and thecosmopolitanization of law. It argues that realpolitik has tested the ICC's capacity in a mostly positive manner and that the am

Contents:

Contents; Contributors; Abbreviations; Introduction: Global Governance in Context; Part I: Realpolitik and Rationalism; 1. Embedded Realpolitik? Reevaluating United States' Opposition to the International Criminal Court; 2. From Realism to Legalization: A Rationalist Assessment of the International Criminal Court in the Democratic Republic of Congo; Part II: Constructivism, Legitimacy, and Accountability; 3. Explaining the International Criminal Court: A Practice Test for Rationalist and Constructivist Approaches

4. The Politics of Discursive Legitimacy: Understanding the Dynamics and Implications of Prosecutorial Discretion at the International Criminal Court5. Anarchy is What Criminal Lawyers and other Actors Make of it: International Criminal Justice as an Institution of International and World Society; Part III: Cosmopolitanism and Global Order; 6. Political Evil, Cosmopolitan Realism, and the Normative Ambivalence of the International Criminal Court; 7. Four Cosmopolitan Projects: The International Criminal Court in Context

8. The Cosmopolitan Test: Universal Morality and the Challenge of the Darfur Genocide9. Justice of the Peace? Future Challenges and Prospects for a Cosmopolitan Court; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 235-263) and index.

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ISBN:

9786612267499

0-19-156958-5

1-282-26749-3

OCLC:

471934047