Format:
1 online resource (177 pages)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
9780203414514
Series Statement:
Routledge Advances in International Relations and Global Politics Ser v.39
Content:
A new examination of the International Criminal Court (ICC) from a political science and international relations perspective. It describes the main features of the court and discusses the political negotiations and the on-going clashes between those states who oppose the court, particularly the United States, and those who defend it. It also makes these issues accessible to non-lawyers and presents effective advocacy strategies for non-governmental organizations. It also delivers essential background to the place of the US in international relations and makes a major contribution to thinking about the ICC's future. While global civil society does not deliver global democracy, it does contribute to more transparent, more deliberative and more ethical international decision-making which is ultimately preferable to a world of isolated sovereign states with no accountability outside their borders, or exclusive and secretive state-to-state diplomacy. This book will be of great interest to students and scholars of international relations, international law, globalization and global governance.
Content:
Book Cover -- Half-Title -- Series -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Preface -- Abbreviations -- 1 A universal criminal court The emergence of an idea -- 2 The global civil society campaign -- 3 The victory The independent prosecutor -- 4 The defeat No universal jurisdiction -- 5 The controversy Gender and forced pregnancy -- 6 The missed chance Banning weapons -- 7 A global civil society achievement -- References -- Index.
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Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780415333955
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9780415333955
Language:
English
