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Book SynopsisFragmentation is one of the major debates within international law, but no detailed case studies have been made to show the problems that it creates, and how they can be addressed. This book asks whether the growing number of international judicial bodies render decisions that are largely consistent with one another, which factors influence this (in)consistency, and what this tells us about the development of international law by international courts and tribunals. It answers these questions by focusing on three areas of law, genocide, immunities, and the use of force, as in each of these areas different international judicial entities have dealt with cases stemming from the same situation and set of facts. The work focuses on four main courts: the International Court of Justice (ICJ), the International Criminal Court (ICC), the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY), and the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR), which often interpret, apply, and
Trade ReviewIn this, her first monograph, Philippa Webb contributes an important new voice, together with her formidable skills of legal analysis, to one of the most important questions that can be asked of any legal system: just exactly how does it all fit together and where should we go from here? * Campbell McLachlan *
Table of Contents1. Introduction ; 2. Genocide ; 3. Immunities ; 4. Use of Force ; 5. Explaining Judicial Integration and Fragmentation ; 6. Conclusion
