International Judicial Institutions: The Architecture of International Justice at Home and Abroad

189 Pages·2008·1.58 MB·English

by  Richard J. Goldstone

International Judicial Institutions
Is there a “system” of international justice? Or are the increasingly dis-
persed methodsforitsenforcementindicativeofsolelydiscrete“instances”
of international justice?
WrittenbyaformerUNchiefprosecutorandaleadinginternational
law expert, this book introduces this key debate in international humani-
tarian law. Analyzing the legal and political underpinnings of interna-
tional judicialinstitutions,itprovides thereaderwithanunderstanding
of both the historical development of international judicial institutions
and an overviewof the differences and similarities between organizations.
Thereaderwillcometoseehownewerinstitutions—bothinternational
courts and domestic providers ofinternational justice—haveresponded
tohistoryandtotheircontemporarypoliticalenvironments.Theinclusion
ofinstitutions’foundingstatutesallowstheexpertandstudenttocompare
the legal and political foundations of each iteration of international
justice.
Afascinating book and amust buy for students,researchers,and the
general reader interested in law and human rights.
RichardJ.GoldstoneisVisitingProfessorofLawatHarvardLawSchool,
formerJustice oftheConstitutional Court ofSouth Africa, and former
Chief Prosecutor of the United Nations International Criminal Tribunals
for the former Yugoslavia and Rwanda.
Adam M. Smith is a Washington, DC-based international lawyer. He
has written extensively on international law and has worked on justice
in the Balkans, Asia, and Africa. Educated at Harvard, Oxford, and
Brown,Smithhasheld postsattheUN and theWorld Bank and isthe
author of After Genocide: Bringing the Devil to Justice.
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International Judicial
Institutions
The architecture of international justice
at home and abroad
Richard J. Goldstone and
Adam M. Smith
Firstpublished2009
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Includesbibliographicalreferencesandindex.
1.Justice,Administrationof–Internationalcooperation.2.
Internationallaw.3.Humanitarianlaw.4.Internationalcourts.I.
Smith,AdamM.II.Title.
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Contents
Boxes x
Foreword xi
Acknowledgment xvi
List of abbreviations xvii
Introduction 1
1 International humanitarian law: a short review 10
2 Thepre-dawnofinternationaljustice:throughWorldWarI 29
3 International justice following World War II: Nuremberg
and Tokyo 40
4 The Cold War and the rise of domestic international
justice 65
5 Post-Cold War justice: the UN ad hoc tribunals, mixed
courts, and the ICC 95
6 Post-ICC prosecutions: new domestic proceedings and
international proceedings beyond ICC justice 115
7 Conclusion: the future of “international” justice—active
at home and abroad 135
Notes 144
Selected bibliography 164
Index 166