Combining interdisciplinary techniques with original ethnographic fieldwork, Christoph Sperfeldt examines the first attempts of international criminal courts to provide reparations to victims of mass atrocities. The observations focus on two case studies: the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia, where Sperfeldt spent over ten years working at and around, and the International Criminal Court's interventions in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Enriched with first-hand observations and an awareness of contextual dynamics, this book directs attention to the 'social life of reparations' that too often get lost in formal accounts of law and its institutions. Sperfeldt shows that reparations are constituted and contested through a range of practices that produce, change, and give meaning to reparations. Appreciating the nature and effects of these practices provides us with a deeper understanding of the discrepancies that exist between the reparations ideal and how it functions imperfectly in different contexts.
| ISBN: | 9781009166454 |
| Publication date: | 7th July 2022 |
| Author: | Christoph Macquarie University, Sydney Sperfeldt |
| Publisher: | Cambridge University Press |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 456 pages |
| Series: | Cambridge Studies in Law and Society |
| Genres: |
Law and society, sociology of law Public international law: criminal law Public international law: human rights Legal aspects of criminology |
Combining interdisciplinary techniques with original ethnographic fieldwork, Christoph Sperfeldt examines the first attempts of international criminal courts to provide reparations to victims of mass atrocities. The observations focus on two case studies: the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia, where Sperfeldt spent over ten years working at and around, and the International Criminal Court's interventions in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Enriched with first-hand observations and an awareness of contextual dynamics, this book directs attention to the 'social life of reparations' that too often get lost in formal accounts of law and its institutions. Sperfeldt shows that reparations are constituted and contested through a range of practices that produce, change, and give meaning to reparations. Appreciating the nature and effects of these practices provides us with a deeper understanding of the discrepancies that exist between the reparations ideal and how it functions imperfectly in different contexts.
Practices of Reparations in International Criminal Justice features in the following genres: Law and society, sociology of law, Public international law: criminal law, Public international law: human rights, Legal aspects of criminology
Practices of Reparations in International Criminal Justice is available in Hardback
Practices of Reparations in International Criminal Justice was written by Christoph Macquarie University, Sydney Sperfeldt and published by Cambridge University Press
Practices of Reparations in International Criminal Justice has 456 pages
Yes it is part of Cambridge Studies in Law and Society series
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