1st Edition
The Courts of Genocide Politics and the Rule of Law in Rwanda and Arusha
By Nicholas Jones
Copyright 2010
248 Pages
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6 B/W Illustrations
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256 Pages
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The Courts of Genocide focuses on the judicial response to the genocide in Rwanda in order to address the search for justice following mass atrocities. The central concern of the book is how the politics of justice can get in the way of its administration. Considering both the ICTR (International Criminal tribunal for Rwanda), and all of the politics surrounding its work, and the Rwandan... Read more
1. The Rwandan Genocide and the Judicial Response 2. A Theoretical Framework for Justice in the Aftermath of the Rwandan Genocide 3. The Gacaca Courts 4. The Rwandan National Judiciary 5. The International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda 6. International Jurisprudence: Definitions of the Crimes and the Key Precedents 7. Issues Impacting the Search for Justice Across all Three Judicial Realms: Witness Protection, Hearsay, Evidence and Plea Bargaining 8. Conclusions, Predictions and Reflections
Biography
Nicholas A. Jones is an Assistant Professor and Police Studies Co-ordinator in the Department of Justice Studies at the University of Regina.
