Called a fig leaf for inaction by many at its inception, the
International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia has
surprised its critics by growing from an unfunded U.N. Security
Council resolution to an institution with more than 1,000 employees
and a $100 million annual budget. With Slobodan Milosevic now on
trial and more than forty fellow indictees currently detained, the
success of the Hague tribunal has forced many to reconsider the
prospects of international justice. John Hagan's Justice in the
Balkans is a powerful firsthand look at the inner workings of the
tribunal as it has moved from an experimental organization
initially viewed as irrelevant to the first truly effective
international court since Nuremberg. Creating an institution that
transcends national borders is a challenge fraught with political
and organizational difficulties, yet, as Hagan describes here, the
Hague tribunal has increasingly met these difficulties head-on and
overcome them. The chief reason for its success, he argues, is the
people who have shaped it, particularly its charismatic chief
prosecutor, Louise Arbour. With drama and immediacy, Justice in the
Balkans re-creates how Arbour worked with others to turn the
tribunal's fortunes around, reversing its initial failure to arrest
and convict significant figures and advancing the tribunal's agenda
to the point at which Arbour and her colleagues, including her
successor, Carla Del Ponte (nicknamed the Bulldog), were able to
indict Milosevic himself. Leading readers through the
investigations and criminal proceedings of the tribunal, Hagan
offers the most original account of the foundation and maturity of
the institution. Justice in the Balkans brilliantly shows how an
international social movement for human rights in the Balkans was
transformed into a pathbreaking legal institution and a new
transnational legal field. The Hague tribunal becomes, in Hagan's
work, a stellar example of how individuals working with collective
purpose can make a profound difference. The Hague tribunal reaches
into only one house of horrors among many; but, within the wisely
precise remit given to it, it has beamed the light of justice into
the darkness of man's inhumanity, to woman as well as to man.--The
Times (London)
General
Imprint: |
University of Chicago Press
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Country of origin: |
United States |
Release date: |
November 2003 |
First published: |
November 2003 |
Authors: |
John Hagan
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Dimensions: |
239 x 166 x 28mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Hardcover
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Pages: |
304 |
ISBN-13: |
978-0-226-31228-6 |
Categories: |
Books
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LSN: |
0-226-31228-3 |
Barcode: |
9780226312286 |
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