Rebel Courts - The Administration of Justice By Armed Insurgents

Warzones are sometimes described as lawless, but this is rarely the case. Armed insurgents often replace the state as the provider of law and justice in areas under their authority. Based on extensive field work, Rebel Courts offers a compelling insight into the judicial governance of armed groups, a phenomenon never studied comprehensively until now.

List of contents

• Introduction


• Chapter 1: Rebel Rule of Law and FARC Justice


• Chapter 2: Legality of Rebel Courts - Islamic State and Taliban Justice


• Chapter 3: Rebel Jurisdiction, Due Process, and Tamil Tiger Justice


• Chapter 4: The Legal Rayonnement of Rebel Justice: Recognition, Complementarity, and Kurdish Courts


• Conclusion

About the author

René Provost, Ad.E. FRSC, is Professor of Law at McGill University. As a senior counsel at the Bar of the Province of Québec, he has acted as amicus curiae before the European Court of Human Rights, the Inter-American Court of Human Rights, and the Extraordinary Chamber of the Courts of Cambodia. Professor Provost is also a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada and the Pierre Elliot Trudeau Foundation.

Summary

Warzones are sometimes described as lawless, but this is rarely the case. Armed insurgents often replace the state as the provider of law and justice in areas under their authority. Based on extensive field work, Rebel Courts offers a compelling insight into the judicial governance of armed groups, a phenomenon never studied comprehensively until now.

Product details

• Authors: René Provost, Rene (Professor of Law Provost
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 12.10.2021
• EAN: 9780190912222
• ISBN: 978-0-19-091222-2
• No. of pages: 488
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Law > International law, foreign law; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Human Rights, LAW / Criminal Law / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General, LAW / International, LAW / Public, International Relations, International Criminal Law, Public international law: criminal law, International humanitarian law, Public international law: humanitarian law