The edge of law : legal geographies of a war crimes court / Alex Jeffrey, University of Cambridge.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Jeffrey, Alexander Sam, author.

Series:

Cambridge studies in law and society

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

War crime trials--Bosnia and Herzegovina.

War crime trials.

Courts of special jurisdiction.

Hybrid international criminal courts.

Geopolitics.

Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Geopolitics--Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Hybrid international criminal courts--Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Courts of special jurisdiction--Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Bosnia and Herzegovina--Politics and government--1992-.

Politics and government.

Bosnia and Herzegovina. Sud Bosne i Hercegovine.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (x, 212 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2020.

System Details:

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PDF

Summary:

The Edge of Law explores the spatial implications of establishing a new legal institution in the wake of violent conflict. Using the example of the establishment of the War Crimes Chamber of the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Alex Jeffrey argues that legal processes constantly demarcate a line of inclusion and exclusion: materially, territorially and corporally. In contrast to accounts that have focused on the judicial outcomes of these transitional justice efforts, The Edge of Law draws on long-term fieldwork in Bosnia and Herzegovina to focus on the social and political consequences of the trials, tracing the fraught mechanisms that have been used by international and local political elites to convey their legitimacy. This book will be of interest to socio-legal and geographical scholars working in the fields of transitional justice, legal systems, critical geopolitics and criminology.

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Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 18 Dec 2019).

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ISBN:

9781108186018

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