{"product_id":"defendant-in-international-criminal-proceedings-bjorn-elberling-9781849462662","title":"Defendant in International Criminal Proceedings: Between Law and Historiography","description":"\u003cp\u003eIt is often said that criminal procedure should ensure that the defendant is a subject, not just an object, of proceedings. This book asks to what extent this can be said to be true of international criminal trials.\u003cbr\u003eThe first part of the book aims to find out the extent to which defendants before international criminal courts are able to take an active part in their trials. It takes an in-depth look at the procedural regimes of international courts, viewed against a benchmark provided by national provisions representing the main traditions of criminal procedure and by international human rights law.\u003cbr\u003eThe results of this comparative endeavour are then used to shed light, from a practical point of view, on the oft-debated question whether (international) criminal trials should be used as a tool for writing history or whether, as claimed by Martti Koskenniemi, pursuing this goal leads to a danger of \"show trials\".\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Bjorn Elberling\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1849462666\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781849462662\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bloomsbury Publishing PLC\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/31\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 270\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.25lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.30h x 6.10w x 0.90d","brand":"Bjorn Elberling","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":47001797034239,"sku":"9781849462662","price":175.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_85c94336-737f-40dc-b39e-aeff41384cde.jpg?v=1751602170","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/defendant-in-international-criminal-proceedings-bjorn-elberling-9781849462662","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}