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United Nations justice : legal and judicial reform in governance operations /
At the end of the 20th century, and at the dawn of the 21st, the United Nations was tasked with the administration of justice in territories placed under its executive authority, an undertaking for which there was no established precedent or doctrine. Examining the UN's legal and judicial refor...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Shibuya-ku, Tokyo ; New York, N.Y. :
United Nations University Press,
©2010.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | At the end of the 20th century, and at the dawn of the 21st, the United Nations was tasked with the administration of justice in territories placed under its executive authority, an undertaking for which there was no established precedent or doctrine. Examining the UN's legal and judicial reform efforts in Kosovo and East Timor, this volume argues that rather than helping to establish a sustainable legal system, the UN's approach detracted from it, as it confused ends with means. In the process, justice standards were sacrificed for the sake of prosecutions; the legal vacuum was not filled eff. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xv, 226 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 190-207) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9789280871425 9280871420 |