The International Judge

Erscheinungsjahr 2007
ISBN: 978-0-19-923873-6
Verlag: OUP Oxford

Buch, Englisch, 344 Seiten, Format (B × H): 146 mm x 224 mm, Gewicht: 544 g

Reihe: International Courts and Tribunals Series

Over the last century, international courts, once reserved for arcane matters of diplomacy and trade, have begun to address a broad range of human experience and activity. This volume corrects some of the common misperceptions about international judges, while providing a balanced introduction to both the strengths and shortcomings of their work. As they rule on crucial issues of war and peace, human rights, and trade, in addition to high-profile criminal trials,
international judges are playing a critical role in developments that will affect world affairs for years to come.

Based on interviews with more than 30 international judges, this volume is the first comprehensive portrait of the men and women in this new global profession. The working environment of international judges is closely examined in courts around the world, highlighting the challenge of carrying out work in multiple languages, in the context of intricate bureaucratic hierarchies, and with a necessary interdependence between judges and their courts' administration. Arguing that international
judges have to balance their responsibilities as interpreters of the law and as global professionals, the authors discuss the challenges of working in the fluid circumstances of international courts. Profiles of five individual judges provide insight into the experience and dilemmas of the men and women
on the international bench.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Terris, Daniel

Romano, Cesare P.R.

Swigart, Leigh

Fachgebiete

• Rechtswissenschaften Internationales Recht und Europarecht Internationales Recht Internationales Strafrecht, Internationales Verfahrensrecht
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Internationale Beziehungen Internationale Organisationen und Institutionen
• Rechtswissenschaften Internationales Recht und Europarecht Internationales Recht Internationales Öffentliches Recht, Völkerrecht, Internationale Organisationen

Über Autor(innen)

Daniel Terris is the Director of the International Center for Ethics, Justice, and Public Life at Brandeis University and author of /Ethics at Work: Creating Virtue in an American Corporation /(Brandeis, 2005)

Cesare P.R. Romano is Associate Professor of Law at Loyola Law School Los Angeles, and Assistant Director of the Project on International Courts and Tribunals. He has co-authored Internationalized Criminal Courts and Tribunals: Sierra Leone, East Timor, Kosovo, and Cambodia with Andre Nollkaemper and Jann Kleffner (OUP, 2004).

Leigh Swigart is an anthropologist and the Director of Programs in International Justice and Society at the International Center for Ethics, Justice, and Public Life at Brandeis.