The International Judge: An Introduction to the Men and Women Who Decide the World's Cases (International Courts and Tribunals Series)

Terris, Daniel

ISBN 10: 0199238731 / ISBN 13: 9780199238736

Published by OUP Oxford, 2008

About this Item

Based on over 30 interviews, this book provides a comprehensive and interdisciplinary portrait of international judges, their work and the men and women in this new global profession. It offers a balanced introduction to judges' work on issues of war and peace, human rights and trade, and high-profile criminal trials. Series: The International Courts & Tribunals Series. Num Pages: 344 pages, halftones. BIC Classification: JFFS; JPSN; LBB; LBHG. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 225 x 147 x 27. Weight in Grams: 550. . 2007. hardcover. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The International Judge: An Introduction to the Men and Women Who Decide the World's Cases (International Courts and Tribunals Series)
• Publisher: OUP Oxford
• Publication Date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0199238731
• ISBN 13: 9780199238736
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

Based on interviews with over thirty international judges. This volume is the first comprehensive portrait of the men and women in this new global profession. It begins with an overview of international courts and a profile of international judges as a group. The authors examine closely the working environments of international judges in courts around the world, highlighting the challenge of carrying out work in multiple languages, in the context of intricate bureaucratic hierarchies, and with a necessary interdependence between judges and court administratons. Arguing that intemational judges have to balance their responsibilities as interpreters of the law and as global professionals, the authors discuss the challenges of working within the fluid settings of international courts. Profiles of five individual judges provide insight into the experience and dilemmas of the men and women on the international bench.

About the Author

Daniel Terris is the Director of the International Center for Ethics, Justice, and Public Life at Brandeis University and author of /Ethics at Work: Creating Virtue in an American Corporation /(Brandeis, 2005) Cesare P.R. Romano is Associate Professor of Law at Loyola Law School Los Angeles, and Assistant Director of the Project on International Courts and Tribunals. He has co-authored Internationalized Criminal Courts and Tribunals: Sierra Leone, East Timor, Kosovo, and Cambodia with Andre Nollkaemper and Jann Kleffner (OUP, 2004). Leigh Swigart is an anthropologist and the Director of Programs in International Justice and Society at the International Center for Ethics, Justice, and Public Life at Brandeis.