Doing Justice to History - Confronting the Past in International Criminal Courts

This book examines how historical narratives of mass atrocites are constructed and contested within international criminal courts. In particular, it looks into the important question of what tends to be foregrounded, and what tends to be excluded, in these narratives.

List of contents

• 1: Introduction


• 2: The Struggle for Historical Justice


• 3: The Prosecutorial Targets Question


• 4: The Crime Question


• 5: The Culpability Question


• 6: Beyond the Purview of International Criminal Judgments


• 7: Historical Narrative Pluralism Within and Beyond International Criminal Courts


• 8: Conclusion


• Select Bibliography

About the author

Barrie Sander is Assistant Professor of International Justice at the Faculty of Governance and Global Affairs at Leiden University. He has written extensively in the field of international criminal law, as well as on governance challenges at the intersection of digital technology and international law. In 2019, his article, 'History on Trial: Historical Narrative Pluralism Within and Beyond International Criminal Courts', was awarded the Young Scholar Prize by International and Comparative Law Quarterly. He holds a Ph.D. in International Law (summa cum laude avec félicitations du jury) from the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies (IHEID).

Summary

This book examines how historical narratives of mass atrocites are constructed and contested within international criminal courts. In particular, it looks into the important question of what tends to be foregrounded, and what tends to be excluded, in these narratives.

Product details

• Authors: Barrie Sander, Barrie (Assistant Professor Sander
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 09.03.2021
• EAN: 9780198846871
• ISBN: 978-0-19-884687-1
• No. of pages: 384
• Series: Oxford Monographs in International Humanitarian & Criminal Law
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Law > International law, foreign law; LAW / Criminal Law / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Genocide & War Crimes, LAW / Courts, LAW / International, LAW / Public, International Criminal Law, War Crimes, Public international law: criminal law, Genocide & ethnic cleansing, Genocide and ethnic cleansing, International law: courts and procedures, International courts & procedures