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Since entering into force in July 2002, the International Criminal Court (ICC) has emerged as one of the most intriguing models of global governance. This innovative edited volume investigates the challenges facing the ICC, including the dynamics of politicized justice, US opposition, an evolving and flexible institutional design, the juridification of political evil, negative and positive global responsibility, the apparent conflict between peace and justice, and the cosmopolitanization of law. It argues that realpolitik has tested the ICC's capacity in a mostly positive manner and that the ambivalence between realpolitik and justice constitutes a novel predicament for extending global governance. The arguments of each essay are framed by a timely and original approach designed to assess the nuanced relationship between realpolitik and global justice. The approach - which interweaves four International Relations approaches, rationalism, constructivism, communicative action theory, and moral cosmopolitanism - is guided by the metaphor of the switch levers of train tracks, in which the Prosecutor and Judges serve as the pivotal agents switching the (crisscrossing) tracks of realpolitik and cosmopolitanism. With this visual aid, this volume of essays shows just how the ICC has become one of the most fascinating points of intersection between law, politics, and ethics.

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Author:   Steven C. Roach (, Assistant Professor, University of South Florida)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press
Imprint:   Oxford University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 16.20cm , Height: 2.20cm , Length: 24.20cm
Weight:   0.584kg
ISBN:  

9780199546732

ISBN 10:   0199546738
Pages:   302
Publication Date:   07 May 2009
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Steven C. Roach: Introduction: Global Governance in Context Part I. Realpolitik and Rationalism 1: Charles A. Smith and Heather M. Smith: Embedded Realpolitik? Re-evaluating United States' Opposition to the International Criminal Court 2: Eric K. Leonard and Steven C. Roach: From Realism to Legalization: A Rationalist Assessment of the International Criminal Court and its Role in the Democratic Republic of Congo Part II: Constructivism, Legitimacy, and Collective Accountability 3: Caroline Fehl: Explaining the International Criminal Court: A Practice Test for Rationalist and Constructivist Approaches 4: Michael J. Struett: The Politics of Discursive Legitimacy: Understanding the Implications of Prosecutorial Discretion at the ICC 5: Jason G. Ralph: Anarchy is What Criminal Lawyers and other Actors Make of it: International Criminal Justice as an Institution of International and World society Part III: Cosmopolitanism and Global Order 6: Patrick Hayden: Political Evil, Cosmopolitan Realism, and the Normative Ambivalence of the International Criminal Court 7: Antonio Franceschet: Four Cosmopolitan Projects: the International Criminal Court in Context 8: Amy E. Eckert: The Cosmopolitan Test: Universal Morality and the Challenge of the Darfur Genocide 9: Steven C. Roach: Justice of the Peace? Future Challenges and Prospects for a Cosmopolitan Court

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Dr. Steven Roach is Assistant Professor in the Department of Government and International Affairs at the University of South Florida. His research interests focus on the intersection of international law and politics, critical theory, and global governance. He is the author of Critical Theory of International Politics (forthcoming 2009), Politicizing the International Criminal Court: The Convergence of Politics, Ethics, and Law (2006), Cultural Autonomy, Minority Rights and Globalization (2005), co-author of International Relations: The Key Concepts (2008), and is editor of Critical Theory and International Relations: A Reader (2008).He has published numerous articles on law and politics and is currently working on a book project that focuses on the evolution of the human rights regime.

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