1st Edition
The Opening Statement of the Prosecution in International Criminal Trials A Solemn Tale of Horror
By Sofia Stolk
Copyright 2021
168 Pages
9 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
168 Pages
9 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
168 Pages
9 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
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This book addresses the discursive importance of the prosecution’s opening statement before an international criminal tribunal. Opening statements are considered to be largely irrelevant to the official legal proceedings but are simultaneously deployed to frame important historical events. They are widely cited in international media as well as academic texts; yet have been ignored by legal... Read more
List of abbreviations
1. A Beginning
2. History
3. Maps and Landscapes
4. The Victim and the Truth
5. The Ideal Perpetrator
6. An Ending
Bibliography
Biography
Sofia Stolk is a Researcher in International Law at the T.M.C. Asser Instituut (The Hague) and the University of Amsterdam, Netherlands
