Culture under cross-examination : international justice and the special court for Sierra Leone /

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"The international community created the Special Court for Sierra Leone to prosecute those who bore the greatest responsibility for crimes committed during the country's devastating civil war. Tim Kelsall examines some of the challenges posed by the fact that the Court operated in a largel...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Kelsall, Tim, 1970-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2009.
Colección:Cambridge studies in law and society.
Temas:
Special Court for Sierra Leone.
Special Court for Sierra Leone
International criminal courts > Netherlands.
International criminal courts > Sierra Leone.
War crime trials > Social aspects > Sierra Leone.
War crime trials > Social aspects > Netherlands.
Tribunaux pénaux internationaux > Pays-Bas.
Tribunaux pénaux internationaux > Sierra Leone.
Procès (Crimes de guerre) > Aspect social > Sierra Leone.
Procès (Crimes de guerre) > Aspect social > Pays-Bas.
LAW > Criminal Law > General.
International criminal courts.
War crime trials > Social aspects.
Interkulturelles Verstehen
Netherlands.
Sierra Leone.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • White man's justice? : Sierra Leone and the expanding project of international law
  • The story of the CDF trial
  • An unconventional army : chains of command in a patrimonial society
  • Facts, metaphysics and mysticism : magical powers and the law
  • We cannot accept any cultural consideration : the child soldiers charge
  • "He's not very forthright" : finding the facts in a culture of secrecy
  • Cultural issues in the RUF, AFRC and Charles Taylor trials
  • Conclusion : from legal imperialism to dialogics.

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