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Universal Jurisdiction in International Criminal Law : The Debate and the Battle for Hegemony



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Autore: O'Sullivan Aisling Visualizza persona
Titolo: Universal Jurisdiction in International Criminal Law : The Debate and the Battle for Hegemony Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: London : , : Taylor and Francis, , 2017
Edizione: First edition.
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (235 pages)
Disciplina: 345/.0122
345.0122
Soggetto topico: Jurisdiction (International law)
International criminal law
International criminal courts
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Nota di contenuto: chapter Introduction -- chapter 1 The politics of international law -- chapter 2 Narratives of justification from 1883 -- chapter 3 Conventional readings -- chapter 4 Competing for hegemony -- chapter 5 Returning to the status quo? -- chapter Conclusion.
Sommario/riassunto: "With the sensational arrest of former Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet in 1998, the rise to prominence of universal jurisdiction over crimes against international law seemed to be assured. The arrest of Pinochet and the ensuing proceedings before the UK courts brought universal jurisdiction into the foreground of the "fight against impunity" and the principle was read as an important complementary mechanism for international justice -one that could offer justice to victims denied an avenue by the limited jurisdiction of international criminal tribunals. Yet by the time of the International Court of Justice's Arrest Warrant judgment four years later, the picture looked much bleaker and the principle was being read as a potential tool for politically motivated trials. This book explores the debate over universal jurisdiction in international criminal law, aiming to unpack a practice in which international lawyers continue to disagree over the concept of universal jurisdiction. Using Martti Koskenniemi's work as a foil, this book exposes the argumentative techniques in operation in national and international adjudication since the 1990s. Drawing on overarching patterns within the debate, Aisling O'Sullivan argues that it is bounded by a tension between contrasting political preferences or positions, labelled as moralist ("ending impunity") and formalist ("avoiding abuse") and she reads the debate as a movement of hegemonic and counter-hegemonic positions that struggle for hegemonic control. However, she draws out how these positions (moralist/formalist) merge into one another and this produces a tendency towards a "middle" position that continues to prefer a particular preference (moralist or formalist). Aisling O'Sullivan then traces the transformation towards this tendency that reflects an internal split among international lawyers between building a utopia ("court of humanity") and recognizing its impossibility of being realized."--Provided by publisher.
Titolo autorizzato: Universal Jurisdiction in International Criminal Law  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-317-30120-X
1-315-64850-4
1-317-30121-8
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910163869703321
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Serie: Routledge research in international law.