International Criminal Justice (Hardcover)

What is international criminal justice? The authors of this book set out a framework for understanding international criminal justice in all its facets. Considering both definition and content, the authors argue for its treatment as a holistic field of study, rather than a by-product of international criminal law. Adopting a multidisciplinary approach, this book draws on a range of legal and extra-legal disciplines. Whilst addressing crucial legal questions throughout, it also considers the role and impact of politics, history, psychology, terrorism, transitioning society, and even the idea of hope in how we understand international criminal justice. Challenging many of the prevalent paradigms of thinking in this area, Gideon Boas and Pascale Chifflet explore whether it is possible to reconcile some of the enduring intellectual conflict, such as whether and how retributive and restorative approaches to justice can co-exist. Written by leading academics who themselves are also practitioners in the field, this unique work performs a significant role in defining and explaining international criminal justice, and as such will be important reading for scholars and practitioners, as well as providing an entry point for students in a classroom environment.

General

Imprint:	Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Principles of International Law series
Release date:	April 2017
Authors:	Gideon Boas • Pascale Chifflet
Dimensions:	234 x 156mm (L x W)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	264
ISBN-13:	978-1-78536-062-6
Categories:	Books > Law > International law > International criminal law Books > Law > Laws of other jurisdictions & general law > Criminal law Books > Law > International law > Settlement of international disputes > International courts & procedures
LSN:	1-78536-062-0
Barcode:	9781785360626

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“GRAPPLING WITH THEMATIC INTERSECTIONS BETWEEN MASS ATROCITY AND INTERNATIONAL RESPONSE”:

Wed, 24 May 2017 | Review by: Phillip T.

“GRAPPLING WITH THEMATIC INTERSECTIONS BETWEEN MASS ATROCITY AND INTERNATIONAL RESPONSE”: A GREAT NEW PIECE OF RESEARCH FROM ELGAR FOR 2017 An appreciation by Phillip Taylor MBE and Elizabeth Taylor of Richmond Green Chambers A bold statement welcomes the reader to this book when the authors, Gideon Boas and Pascale Chifflet, write that it is “really an endeavour to grapple with some of the thematic intersections between mass atrocity and international responses to them”. This is a special book for jurisprudents which identifies and develops crucial themes in international criminal justice at a most important cross roads for foreign legal policy as we become more global. The title kicks off with some answers to the main “searching question” for all public international lawyers: what is international criminal justice? The book delves into the role and impact of politics, history, psychology, terrorism, transitioning society in scholastic detail. “And even the idea of hope, and the relationship of these themes” is considered with the authors’ express wish of “how we can understand international criminal justice”. We found this undertaking useful although many questions remain unanswered, or are frankly unsolvable at present. Whilst highlighting and addressing some of the main crucial legal questions, “International Criminal Justice” goes much further for the jurist, drawing on a range of multi-disciplinary thinking as a philosophical treatise of some merit in this expanding area of legal theory. So what is international criminal justice? The two authors of this thoughtful modern statement lay out their framework for an understanding of international criminal justice in all its facets. We found their consideration of both definition and content very helpful. Boas and Chifflet argue for the treatment of international criminal justice “as a holistic field of study, rather than a by-product of international criminal law” and that is clearly the correct modern approach. Throughout they have adopted a multidisciplinary approach illustrating a range of legal and extra-legal disciplines to give it a more rounded approach. The writers challenge many of the prevalent paradigms of thinking in this area as Boas and Chifflet explore the thankless task of whether it’s possible to reconcile some of “the enduring intellectual conflict, such as whether and how retributive and restorative approaches to justice can co-exist”. And they do it very well. These two leading academics who are also practitioners in the field as well as established writers and researchers make our lives much easier and we remain very grateful to Elgar for publishing this title in their “Principles of International Law” series. “International Criminal Justice” remains a unique work which “performs a significant role in defining and explaining international criminal justice” to a wide range of readers, and as such will be important reading for scholars and practitioners, as well as undergraduates. The law has been stated as at 2017 and is available as a book, pdf and an ebook.

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