Research Catalog

Title

Hybrid tribunals : a comparative examination / Aaron Fichtelberg.

Author

Fichtelberg, Aaron

Publication

• New York, NY : Springer, [2015]
• ©2015

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Description

xviii, 206 pages; 24 cm.

Summary

"This book examines hybrid tribunals created in Sierra Leone, Kosovo, Cambodia, East Timor, and Lebanon, in terms of their origins (the political and social forces that led to their creation), the legal regimes that they used, their various institutional structures, and the challenges that they faced during their operations. Through this study, the author looks at both their successes and their shortcomings, and presents recommendations for the formation of future hybrid tribunals. Hybrid tribunals are a form of the international justice where the judicial responsibility is shared between the international community and the local state where they function. These tribunals represent an important bridge between traditional international courts like the International Criminal Court (ICC), the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY), the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) and various local justice systems. Because hybrid tribunals are developed in response to large-scale atrocities, these courts are properly considered part of the international criminal justice system. This feature gives hybrid tribunals the accountability and legitimacy often lost in local justice systems; however, by including regional courtroom procedures and personnel, they are integrated into the local justice system in a way that allows a society to deal with its criminals on its own terms, at least in part. This unique volume combines historical and legal analyses of these hybrid tribunals, placing them within a larger historical, political, and legal context."--Back cover.

Series Statement

Springer series on international justice and human rights

Uniform Title

Springer series on international justice and human rights

Subject

• Hybrid international criminal courts
• International crimes > Law and legislation
• International criminal courts and tribunals
• Internationalized criminal tribunals
• International criminal justice
• Case-law

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and an index.

Contents

Background conflicts -- Creating the tribunals -- The organization of the tribunals -- Leading cases of the hybrid courts.

ISBN

• 9781461466383
• 1461466385
• 1461466393
• 9781461466390
• 9781461466390 (canceled/invalid)

LCCN

• 2014956368
• 9781461466383

OCLC

• ocn914463016
• 914463016
• SCSB-1831527

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library