The Opening Statement of the Prosecution in International Criminal Trials
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The Opening Statement of the Prosecution in International Criminal Trials

A Solemn Tale of Horror

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The Opening Statement of the Prosecution in International Criminal Trials

A Solemn Tale of Horror

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About This Book

This book addresses the discursive importance of the prosecution's opening statement before an international criminal tribunal. Opening statements are considered to be largely irrelevant to the official legal proceedings but are simultaneously deployed to frame important historical events. They are widely cited in international media as well as academic texts; yet have been ignored by legal scholars as objects of study in their own right. This book aims to remedy this neglect, by analysing the narrative that is articulated in the opening statements of different prosecutors at different tribunals in different times.

It takes an interdisciplinary approach and looks at the meaning of the opening narrative beyond its function in the legal process in a strict sense, discussing the ways in which the trial is situated in time and space and how it portrays the main characters. It shows how perpetrators and victims, places and histories, are juridified in a narrative that, whilst purporting to legitimise the trial, the tribunal and international criminal law itself, is beset with tensions and contradictions.

Providing an original perspective on the operation of international criminal law, this book will be of considerable interest to those working in this area, as well as those with relevant interests in International/Transnational Law more generally, Critical Legal Studies, Law and Literature, Socio-Legal Studies, Law and Geography and International Relations.

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Publisher
Routledge
Year
2021
ISBN
9781000379044
Edition
1
Topic
Law
Subtopic
International Law
Index
Law

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half Title
  3. Title Page
  4. Copyright Page
  5. Dedication Page
  6. Dedication Page
  7. Table of Contents
  8. List of abbreviations
  9. Chapter 1: A beginning
  10. Chapter 2: History
  11. Chapter 3: Maps and landscapes
  12. Chapter 4: The victim and the truth
  13. Chapter 5: The ideal perpetrator
  14. Chapter 6: An ending
  15. Bibliography
  16. Index