1st Edition
Globalizing Justice for Mass Atrocities A Revolution in Accountability
By Chandra Lekha Sriram
Copyright 2005
204 Pages
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Routledge
206 Pages
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Routledge
208 Pages
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Routledge
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This major new study examines the developing practice of universal jurisdiction, as well as the broader phenomenon of "globalizing" justice, and its ramifications.
With a detailed overview of the contemporary practice of universal jurisdiction, it discerns three trends at work: pure universal jurisdiction, universal jurisdiction "plus", and non-use. It also argues that these disparities... Read more
Introduction: Novel Practice in International Criminal Law; Part 1 Externalized Justice; Chapter 1 Contemporary Practice of Universal Jurisdiction: Uneven Developments; Chapter 2 Beyond the Famous Cases: Universal Jurisdiction and the Problem of Legitimacy; Chapter 3 Universal Jurisdiction: Problems and Prospects of Externalizing Justice; Chapter 4 Non-Criminal Justice, New Actors: Non-State Actors and Corporations Under the Alien Tort Claims Act; Part 2 Externalization Reversed: Mixed Tribunals; Chapter 5 Externalization Reversed: The Hybrid Experiment in East Timor; Chapter 6 Externalization Reversed: The Hybrid Experiment in Sierra Leone; Chapter 7 Conclusions: The Thorny Problem of Globalizing Justice;
Biography
Chandra Lekha Sriram is Lecturer in the School of International Relations at the University of St. Andrews where she teaches international law and international relations. She is author of Confronting Past Human Rights Violations (2004) and co-editor of several books on conflict resolution and prevention. She was previously Senior Associate at the International Peace Academy in New York, directing IPA’s conflict prevention project, From Promise to Practice: Strengthening UN Capacities for the Prevention of Violent Con¯ict.
'While an excellent tool for instruction, Globalizing Justice will be most welcome for its contribution to the theoretical debates within the proliferation of scolarship associated with international justice.' - Human Rights Quarterly
