Culture under Cross-Examination
«'… relevant and important … Kelsall's book makes a significant contribution to our knowledge of the SCSL and of the social and legal context in which it operated.' Rachel Kerr, International Journal of Transitional Justice»
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. In this book Tim Kelsall examines some of the challenges posed by the fact that the Court operated in a largely unfamiliar culture, in which the way local people thought about rights, agency and truth-telling sometimes differed radically from the way international lawyers think about these things. Les mer
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Detaljer
- Forlag
- Cambridge University Press
- Innbinding
- Paperback
- Språk
- Engelsk
- ISBN
- 9781107666191
- Utgivelsesår
- 2013
- Format
- 23 x 15 cm
Anmeldelser
«'… relevant and important … Kelsall's book makes a significant contribution to our knowledge of the SCSL and of the social and legal context in which it operated.' Rachel Kerr, International Journal of Transitional Justice»
«'Kelsall's account is well-balanced and highlights the strategies of prosecution and defence as well as the political dimension of the trial, which was highly controversial in Sierra Leone.' Gerhard Anders, African Affairs»