TY - BOOK ID - 19535018 TI - Law, Politics and the Limits of Prosecuting Mass Atrocity PY - 2018 SN - 3319609939 3319609947 PB - Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, DB - UniCat KW - International criminal law. KW - Atrocities KW - Criminal law, International KW - ICL (International criminal law) KW - Criminal law KW - International law KW - Criminal jurisdiction KW - International crimes KW - Law and legislation. KW - War and emergency legislation KW - Peace. KW - International relations. KW - Transnational crime. KW - Criminal justice, Administration of. KW - Human rights. KW - Criminology. KW - Conflict Studies. KW - International Relations Theory. KW - International Criminal Law . KW - Transnational Crime. KW - Criminal Justice. KW - Human Rights and Crime . KW - Crime KW - Social sciences KW - Criminals KW - Basic rights KW - Civil rights (International law) KW - Human rights KW - Rights, Human KW - Rights of man KW - Human security KW - Transitional justice KW - Truth commissions KW - Administration of criminal justice KW - Criminal justice, Administration of KW - Justice, Administration of KW - Coexistence KW - Foreign affairs KW - Foreign policy KW - Foreign relations KW - Global governance KW - Interdependence of nations KW - International affairs KW - Peaceful coexistence KW - World order KW - National security KW - Sovereignty KW - World politics KW - Coexistence, Peaceful KW - International relations KW - Disarmament KW - Peace-building KW - Security, International KW - War KW - Multinational crime KW - Transborder crime KW - Study and teaching KW - Law and legislation UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:19535018 AB - Damien Rogers is Senior Lecturer at the Centre for Defence and Security Studies at Massey University, New Zealand. This book offers a unique and powerful critique of the quest for international criminal justice. It explores the efforts of three successive generations of international prosecutors, recognising the vital roles they play in the enforcement of international criminal law. By critically examining prosecutorial performance during the pre-trial and trial phases, the volume argues that these prosecutors are simultaneously political actors serving in the interests of economic liberalisation. It also posits that international prosecutors help wage a mostly silent and largely unacknowledged politico-cultural war fought for control over the institutions governing modernist international affairs. As the author contends, international prosecutors are thus best understood as agents not only of the law and politics, but also of a war fought by proponents of various utopian projects. ER -