{"product_id":"toward-a-just-world-dorothy-v-jones-9780226409481","title":"Toward a Just World: The Critical Years in the Search for International Justice","description":"\"\u003ci\u003eToward a Just World\u003c\/i\u003e is an insightful and thoughtful history. The first half of the twentieth century and the heroic efforts of those who sought international justice during that time will be much better understood and appreciated thanks to this fascinating book.\"--Robert F. Drinan, Georgetown University \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA century ago, there was no such thing as international justice, and until recently, the idea of permanent international courts and formal war crimes tribunals would have been almost unthinkable. Yet now we depend on institutions such as these to air and punish crimes against humanity, as we have seen in the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda and the appearance of Serbian leader Slobodan Milosevic before the Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eToward a Just World\u003c\/i\u003e tells the remarkable story of the long struggle to craft the concept of international justice that we have today. Dorothy V. Jones focuses on the first half of the twentieth century, the pivotal years in which justice took on expanded meaning in conjunction with ideas like world peace, human rights, and international law. Fashioning both political and legal history into a compelling narrative, Jones recovers little-known events from undeserved obscurity and helps us see with new eyes the pivotal ones that we think we know. Jones also covers many of the milestones in the history of diplomacy, from the Treaty of Versailles and the creation of the League of Nations to the Nuremberg war crimes tribunal and the making of the United Nations. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs newspapers continue to fill their front pages with stories about how to administer justice to al Qaeda and Saddam Hussein, \u003ci\u003eToward a Just World\u003c\/i\u003e will serve as a timely reminder of how the twentieth century achieved one of its most enduring triumphs: giving justice an international meaning.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Dorothy V. Jones\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0226409481\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780226409481\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Chicago Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/15\/2002\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 272\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.14lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.80h x 6.78w x 0.85d","brand":"Dorothy V. Jones","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48086409904383,"sku":"9780226409481","price":99.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_58699fc9-8025-4b34-8ccc-3ea0ab6d0859.jpg?v=1769094509","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/toward-a-just-world-dorothy-v-jones-9780226409481","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}