Bibliograph

The edge of law, legal geographies of a war crimes court, Alex Jeffrey, University of Cambridge

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Label

The edge of law, legal geographies of a war crimes court, Alex Jeffrey, University of Cambridge

Language

eng

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The edge of law

Medium

electronic resource

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Oclc number

1132292999

Responsibility statement

Alex Jeffrey, University of Cambridge

Series statement

Cambridge studies in law and societyCambridge Social Sciences eBooks

Sub title

legal geographies of a war crimes court

Summary

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.--, Provided by publisher

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