Drawing on the critical legal tradition, the collection of international scholars gathered in this volume analyse the complicities and limitations of International Criminal Law. This area of law has recently experienced a significant surge in scholarship and public debate; individual criminal accountability is now firmly entrenched in both international law and the international consciousness as a necessary mechanism of responsibility. Critical Approaches to International Criminal Law: An Introductionshifts the debate towards that which has so far been missing from the mainstream discussion: the possible injustices, exclusions, and biases of International Criminal Law.
This collection of essays is the first dedicated to the topic of critical approaches to international criminal law. It will be a valuable resource for scholars and students of international criminal law, international law, international legal theory, criminal law, and criminology.
Introduction Christine Schw?bel, Part I: Critique as an Agenda, chapter 1 International Criminal Justice: A Critical Research Agenda Fr?d?ric M?gret, chapter 2 Critical Orientations: A Critique of International Criminal Court Practice Sara Kendall, chapter 3 Who are We in International Criminal Law? On Critics and Membership Immi Tallgren, chapter 4 Critique, Complicity and I Michelle Farrell, Part II: The Politics of International Criminal Law, chapter 5 Unveiling (and Veiling) Politics in International Criminal Trials Tor Krever, chapter 6 Reading the Political in the Lebanon Tribunals Decision on Jurisdiction and Legality Heidi Matthews, Part III: Il&