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Quasi-state Entities and International Criminal Justice Legitimising Narratives and Counter-Narratives
By Ernst Dijxhoorn
Copyright 2017
216 Pages
by
Routledge
216 Pages
by
Routledge
216 Pages
by
Routledge
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This book explores the intended and unintended impact of international criminal justice on the legitimacy of quasi-state entities (QSEs). In order to do so, the concept of ‘quasi-state entity’ is introduced to distinguish actors in statehood conflicts that aspire to statehood, and fulfil statehood functions to a greater or lesser degree, including the capacity and willingness to deploy armed... Read more
1. Introduction
2. Legitimacy As Success For Quasi-State Entities
3. International Criminal Justice
4. The International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia and the Impact on Legitimacy in Kosovo
5. The Special Tribunal For Lebanon And The Legitimacy Of Hezbollah
6. The International Criminal Court, And The Self-Referral Of The Situation In Northern Mali
7. Conclusion
Biography
Ernst Dijxhoorn is Teaching and Research Fellow at the Department of War Studies at King’s College London. He is co-editor of Militancy and Violence in West Africa (with James Gow and Funmi Olonisakin, Routledge 2013).
