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International Criminal Law—A Counter-Hegemonic Project?

  • The book fills a gap in the existing literature on international criminal justice and human rights
  • The book provides critical perspectives on international criminal justice
  • The book includes contributions from quite a number of scholars from the Global South

Part of the book series: International Criminal Justice Series (ICJS, volume 31)

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Table of contents (13 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-x
  2. Hegemony and International Criminal Law—An Introduction

    • Florian Jeßberger, Leonie Steinl, Kalika Mehta
    Pages 1-9
  3. Theoretical Engagements with (Counter-) Hegemonic Perspectives on International Criminal Law

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 11-11
  4. (Counter-) Hegemonic International Criminal Law in Practice: Case Studies

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 85-85
    2. Double Whammy: Targeted Minorities in South-Asian States

      • Ishita Chakrabarty, Guneet Kaur
      Pages 87-110
    3. States of Criminality: International (Criminal) Law, Palestine, and the Sovereignty Trap

      • Michelle Burgis-Kasthala, Nahed Samour, Christine Schwöbel-Patel
      Pages 111-133
  5. (Counter-) Hegemony at the International Criminal Court

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 175-175

About this book

This book enquires into the counter-hegemonic capacity of international criminal justice. It highlights perspectives and themes that have thus far often been neglected in the scholarship on (critical approaches to) international criminal justice.

Can international criminal justice be viewed as a ‘counter-hegemonic’ project? And if so, under what conditions? In response to these questions, scholars and practitioners from the Global South and North reflect inter alia on the engagement with international criminal justice in the context of Ukraine, Palestine, and minorities in South-Asia while also highlighting the hegemonic tendencies built into the institutional structure of the International Criminal Court on the axes of gender and language.

Florian Jeßberger is Professor of Criminal Law and Director of the Franz von Liszt Institute for International Criminal Justice,  Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Germany.

Leonie Steinl is a Senior Lecturer in Criminal Law at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Germany.

Kalika Mehta is an Associate Researcher at the Franz von Liszt Institute for International Criminal Justice, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Germany.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Juristische Fakultät, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin, Germany

    Florian Jeßberger, Leonie Steinl, Kalika Mehta

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eBook USD 129.00
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Softcover Book USD 169.99
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Hardcover Book USD 169.99
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  • Durable hardcover edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
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