International Judicial Institutions ─ The Architecture of International Justice at Home and Abroad

This fully-updated and much expanded second edition provides a much needed, short and accessible introduction to the current debates in international humanitarian law. Written by a former UN Chief Prosecutor and a leading international law expert, this book analyses the legal and political underpinnings of international judicial institutions, it provides the reader with an understanding of both the historical development of institutions directed towards international justice, as well as an overview of the differences and similarities between such organizations.

New to this edition:

• New updates on recently found records of the United Nations War Crimes Commission.
• Updates on the recent judicial decisions of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia and International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda
• Updates on the Special Tribunal For Lebanon
• A re-evaluation of the future of the International Court of Justice.

International Judicial Institutions: Second Edition will be of great interest to students of International Politics, Criminology and Law.

Richard J. Goldstone is Distinguished Visitor from the Judiciary at Georgetown University Law Center, former Justice of the Constitutional Court of South Africa, and former Chief Prosecutor of the United Nations International Criminal Tribunals for the former Yugoslavia and Rwanda.

Adam M. Smith is a Washington, DC-based international lawyer. He has written and lectured extensively on international law and has worked on post-conflict justice in the Balkans, Asia, and Africa. Educated at Harvard, Oxford, and Brown, Smith has held posts at the White House, the UN and the World Bank and is the author of After Genocide: Bringing the Devil to Justice.