Courts of Genocide - Politics and the Rule of Law in Rwanda and Arusha

Informationen zum Autor Nicholas A. Jones is an Assistant Professor and Police Studies Co-ordinator in the Department of Justice Studies at the University of Regina. Klappentext Focuses on the judicial response to the genocide in Rwanda in order to address the search for justice following mass atrocities. This book focuses on how the politics of justice can get in the way of its administration. Zusammenfassung The Courts of Genocide focuses on the judicial response to the genocide in Rwanda in order to address the search for justice following mass atrocities. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. The Rwandan Genocide and the Judicial Response 2. A Theoretical Framework for Justice in the Aftermath of the Rwandan Genocide 3. The Gacaca Courts 4. The Rwandan National Judiciary 5. The International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda 6. International Jurisprudence: Definitions of the Crimes and the Key Precedents 7. Issues Impacting the Search for Justice Across all Three Judicial Realms: Witness Protection! Hearsay! Evidence and Plea Bargaining 8. Conclusions! Predictions and Reflections

Product details

• Authors: Nicholas Jones, Nicholas (University of Regina Jones
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 17.07.2009
• EAN: 9780415490702
• ISBN: 978-0-415-49070-2
• No. of pages: 256
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Law > General, dictionaries; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Human Rights, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Genocide & War Crimes, LAW / International, LAW / Public, LAW / Jurisprudence, Rwanda, Jurisprudence & general issues, Genocide & ethnic cleansing, Genocide and ethnic cleansing, International humanitarian law, Public international law: humanitarian law, Jurisprudence and general issues