War crimes and realpolitik : international justice from World War I to the 21st century /
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| Author / Creator: | Maogoto, Jackson Nyamuya, 1975- |
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| Imprint: | Boulder, Colo. : Lynne Rienner Publishers, 2004. |
| Description: | vii, 267 p. ; 24 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/5147167 |
Table of Contents:
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- 1. Toward the Modern International Penal Process
- The Development of the Modern Laws of War
- The Birth of the International Penal Process
- Conclusion
- Part 1. The World Wars
- 2. A False Dawn: The Failure to Enforce International Justice After World War I
- The Coming of the War
- Germany and Turkey: Championing Nationalism Through Destruction
- The Paris Peace Conference
- Frustrated Justice: The Peace Treaties of Versailles and Sevres
- Conclusion
- 3. A New Dawn: The Birth of the Modern International Penal Process
- The Breakdown of Collective Security Efforts
- Germany and Japan: Emptying the Content of the Laws of War
- The United Nations War Crimes Commission
- The London International Conference
- The Roar of the Victors: The International Military Tribunals
- Tokyo in the Shadow of Nuremberg
- Conclusion
- Part 2. The Cold War and the 1990s
- 4. Cold War: International Justice in the Shadow of Realpolitik
- People First, Nations Second: Developments in the International Law Regime
- A New Plank in International Enforcement: The Rise of NGOs
- Conclusion
- 5. Crisis in the Balkans: Raising the Nuremberg Precedent
- Death of a State: The Dissolution of the Yugoslav Federation
- Enemies of Promise: NATO and the Security Council
- Fulfilling a Mandate: Developments in the ICTY
- Conclusion
- 6. Rwanda: Portrait of a Reluctant International Community
- A People Betrayed: The International Community's Indifference
- Redeeming the World's Conscience: Responding Through the International Penal Process
- Fulfilling a Mandate: Developments in the ICTR
- Conclusion
- Part 3. Into the New Millennium
- 7. The International Criminal Court: Challenges and Concessions to the State
- The Road to Rome
- Structure and Competence of the ICC
- The Lonely Superpower: U.S. Opposition to the ICC
- Reflections on the ICC
- Conclusion
- 8. International Justice: Retrospect and Prospect
- List of Acronyms
- Glossary
- Selected Bibliography
- Index
- About the Book
