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Writing history in international criminal trials /

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0521138310 (paperback)

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0521198852 (hardback)

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9780521138314 (paperback)

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9780521198851 (hardback)

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Writing history in international criminal trials /

General Material Designation

[Book]

First Statement of Responsibility

Richard Ashby Wilson.

Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.

New York :

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

Cambridge University Press,

Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.

2011, ©2011.

Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item

xiv, 257 pages ;

Dimensions

24 cm

Text of Note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 231-244) and index.

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Assessing court histories of mass crimes -- What does the 'international' actually mean for international criminal trials? -- Contrasting evidence: international and common law approaches to expert testimony -- Does history have any legal relevance in international criminal trials? -- From monumental history to micro-histories -- Exoneration and mitigation in defense histories -- Misjudging Rwandan society and history at the international criminal tribunal for Rwanda -- Permanent justice: the International Criminal Court -- Conclusion: new directions in international criminal trials.

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"This book uses empirical research on three international criminal tribunals to understand how law and history are combined in the courtroom"--

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"Why do international criminal tribunals write histories of the origins and causes of armed conflicts? Richard Ashby Wilson conducted empirical research with judges, prosecutors, defense attorneys, and expert witnesses in three international criminal tribunals to understand how law and history are combined in the courtroom. Historical testimony is now an integral part of international trials, with prosecutors and defense teams using background testimony to pursue decidedly legal objectives. Both use historical narratives to frame the alleged crimes and to articulate their side's theory of the case. In the Slobodan Milošević trial, the prosecution sought to demonstrate special intent to commit genocide by reference to a long-standing animus, nurtured within a nationalist mind-set. For their part, the defense calls historical witnesses to undermine charges of superior responsibility, and to mitigate the sentence by representing crimes as reprisals. Although legal ways of knowing are distinctive from those of history, the two are effectively combined in international trials in a way that challenges us to rethink the relationship between law and history"--

Civil war-- History.

Crimes against humanity.

Evidence, Documentary.

Political violence-- History.

Prosecution.

War crimes.

War-- History.

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Wilson, Richard,1964-

Date of Transaction

20110616130903.0

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