The Edge of Law
Legal Geographies of a War Crimes Court
Published on 11. December 2019
234 pages
978-1-108-19643-7 (ISBN)
Description
The Edge of Law explores the spatial implications of establishing a new legal institution in the wake of violent conflict. Using the example of the establishment of the War Crimes Chamber of the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Alex Jeffrey argues that legal processes constantly demarcate a line of inclusion and exclusion: materially, territorially and corporally. In contrast to accounts that have focused on the judicial outcomes of these transitional justice efforts, The Edge of Law draws on long-term fieldwork in Bosnia and Herzegovina to focus on the social and political consequences of the trials, tracing the fraught mechanisms that have been used by international and local political elites to convey their legitimacy. This book will be of interest to socio-legal and geographical scholars working in the fields of transitional justice, legal systems, critical geopolitics and criminology.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Cambridge
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
Worked examples or Exercises; 2 Halftones, black and white
File size
3,51 MB
ISBN-13
978-1-108-19643-7 (9781108196437)
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12/2019
Cambridge University Press
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Content
1. The edge of law; Part I. Producing the Edge of Law: 2. Making a court; 3. Court materiality; Part II. Politics at the Edge of Law: 4. Public outreach; 5. Law and citizenship; Part III. Contesting the Edge of Law: 6. Rules of law; 7. Entrance strategies; 8. Conclusion.
