Fairness and the Goals of International Criminal Trials - Finding a Balance

This book presents a ground-breaking, interdisciplinary study into the various goals assigned to international criminal trials. It starts from the proposition that no hierarchy exists amongst the different goals meaning that trials should strive to achieve all of them in equal measure.

List of contents

1 Introduction
2 The Role Fairness Plays in Legal Accountability
3 International Criminal Trials and Promoting the Rule of Law
4 International Criminal Trials and the Search for Truth
5 Peace, Justice and International Criminal Trials
6 How International Criminal Trials Can Encourage Reconciliation
7 Justice for Victims of Atrocity Crimes 1
8 Conclusion

About the author

Caleb H Wheeler is a lecturer in law at Cardiff University, UK. He has written extensively on international criminal courts and tribunals, international criminal trials and the rights of trial participants. This is his second book.

Summary

This book presents a ground-breaking, interdisciplinary study into the various goals assigned to international criminal trials. It starts from the proposition that no hierarchy exists amongst the different goals meaning that trials should strive to achieve all of them in equal measure.

Product details

• Authors: Caleb Wheeler, Caleb (Lecturer in Law Wheeler, Caleb H Wheeler, Caleb H (Lecturer in Law Wheeler
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 28.04.2023
• EAN: 9780367461645
• ISBN: 978-0-367-46164-5
• No. of pages: 184
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Human Rights, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, LAW / Criminal Law / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Criminology, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Peace, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Social Policy, Society & culture: general, LAW / International, LAW / Constitutional, LAW / Public, LAW / Criminal Law / Sentencing, Politics & government, International Criminal Law, Politics and government, Peace studies and conflict resolution, Legal aspects of criminology, Social Law, Society and culture: general, Crime and criminology, Crime & criminology, Peace studies & conflict resolution, Public international law: criminal law, Sentencing & punishment, Sentencing and punishment, Criminal justice law, Public international law: human rights, International human rights law, Criminology: legal aspects, Constitutional & administrative law, Constitutional and administrative law: general, Jurisprudence & Philosophy Of Law, Methods, theory and philosophy of law, Social law and Medical law