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Book SynopsisMirages of International Justice will be of particular interest to scholars and practitioners interested in critiques of the European Court of Human Rights, the World Trade Organisation, investment treaty arbitration, the EU courts, the international criminal courts, the International Court of Justice and public international law in general.
Trade Review‘This is an excellent book. Matthew Parish is an impressively qualified lawyer. . . it is perhaps only someone with such a background who could write a book as insightful and intelligent about international law and the international organisations who purport to administer it.’ -- Troy Anderson, Law Society Journal
’This is a book of unusual power and insight. Parish's deconstruction of the illusory promise of international justice may make uneasy reading but it is a necessary addition to the literature in this field.’- David Chandler, University of Westminster, UK and Editor of the
Journal of Intervention and Statebuilding'This book issues the latest blast against the crumbling battlements of the cloud-fortress of international law. Meticulous, engaging, and forcefully written, the book offers little consolation for defenders amid the ruins.’ -- Eric Posner, University of Chicago Law School, US
Table of ContentsContents: Preface 1. Mirages 2. International Law: The Legacy of the Twentieth Century 3. Irrelevant Courts for Important Disputes 4. International Criminal Law: Victors’ Justice or an Interminable Machine? 5. Protecting Foreign Capital Flows: Who Released the Genie? 6. Self-spite in the Regulation of International Trade 7. The Arid Promises of International Human Rights 8. The Allure of Judicial Trusteeship in the European Union Experience 9. The Future of an Illusion Index
