Governance, Order, and the International Criminal Court: Between Realpolitik and a Cosmopolitan Court [Hardcover]

Steven C. Roach (Editor)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0199546738 | ISBN-13: 978-0199546732 | Publication Date: August 3, 2009

Since entering into force in July 2002, the International Criminal Court (ICC) has emerged as one of the most intriguing models of global governance. This innovative edited volume investigates the challenges facing the ICC, including the dynamics of politicized justice, US opposition, an evolving and flexible institutional design, the juridification of political evil, negative and positive global responsibility, the apparent conflict between peace and justice, and the cosmopolitanization of law. It argues that realpolitik has tested the ICC's capacity in a mostly positive manner and that the ambivalence between realpolitik and justice constitutes a novel predicament for extending global governance. The arguments of each essay are framed by a timely and original approach designed to assess the nuanced relationship between realpolitik and global justice. The approach - which interweaves four International Relations approaches, rationalism, constructivism, communicative action theory, and moral cosmopolitanism - is guided by the metaphor of the switch levers of train tracks, in which the Prosecutor and Judges serve as the pivotal agents switching the (crisscrossing) tracks of realpolitik and cosmopolitanism. With this visual aid, this volume of essays shows just how the ICC has become one of the most fascinating points of intersection between law, politics, and ethics.

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About the Author

Dr. Steven Roach is Assistant Professor in the Department of Government and International Affairs at the University of South Florida. His research interests focus on the intersection of international law and politics, critical theory, and global governance. He is the author of Critical Theory of International Politics (forthcoming 2009), Politicizing the International Criminal Court: The Convergence of Politics, Ethics, and Law (2006), Cultural Autonomy, Minority Rights and Globalization (2005), co-author of International Relations: The Key Concepts (2008), and is editor of Critical Theory and International Relations: A Reader (2008).He has published numerous articles on law and politics and is currently working on a book project that focuses on the evolution of the human rights regime.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 275 pages
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA (August 3, 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0199546738
• ISBN-13: 978-0199546732
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 6.4 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.3 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,852,225 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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