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This book offers a comprehensive analysis of the trial of former
Serbian leader Slobodan Milosevic at the International Criminal
Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY). With the premature death
of Milosevic in March 2006 his trial was left unfinished. Although
the traditional objectives of criminal law, such as retribution,
justice for victims, and deterrence, were not achieved, the
Milosevic trial archive is a significant historical resource for
researchers from various fields. This book extracts details from
the collection of documentary and transcript evidence that makes up
the trial record - sources which would be almost impossible to
extricate without an insider's guiding hand - to allow readers to
trace the threads of several historical narratives. The value of
this methodology is particularly evident in the Milosevic case as,
acting as his own defence counsel, he responded to, and interacted
with, almost all witnesses and evidence presented against him. By
providing snapshots of the behaviour displayed by Milosevic in
court while conducting his defence, in combination with passages of
carefully selected evidence from an immense archive familiar to few
scholars, this volume reveals how these trial records, and trail
records in general, are a truly invaluable historical source. The
book underlines the premise that any record of a mass atrocities
trial, whether finished or unfinished, establishes a record of past
events, contributes to interpretations of a historical period and
influences the shaping of collective memory. This book will be of
much interest to students of the Former Yugoslavia, war crimes,
international law, human rights, international relations and
European politics.
This book offers a comprehensive analysis of the trial of former
Serbian leader Slobodan Milosevic at the International Criminal
Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY). With the premature death
of Milosevic in March 2006 his trial was left unfinished. Although
the traditional objectives of criminal law, such as retribution,
justice for victims, and deterrence, were not achieved, the
Milosevic trial archive is a significant historical resource for
researchers from various fields. This book extracts details from
the collection of documentary and transcript evidence that makes up
the trial record - sources which would be almost impossible to
extricate without an insider's guiding hand - to allow readers to
trace the threads of several historical narratives. The value of
this methodology is particularly evident in the Milosevic case as,
acting as his own defence counsel, he responded to, and interacted
with, almost all witnesses and evidence presented against him. By
providing snapshots of the behaviour displayed by Milosevic in
court while conducting his defence, in combination with passages of
carefully selected evidence from an immense archive familiar to few
scholars, this volume reveals how these trial records, and trail
records in general, are a truly invaluable historical source. The
book underlines the premise that any record of a mass atrocities
trial, whether finished or unfinished, establishes a record of past
events, contributes to interpretations of a historical period and
influences the shaping of collective memory. This book will be of
much interest to students of the Former Yugoslavia, war crimes,
international law, human rights, international relations and
European politics.
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