Abstract
This chapter explores the interplay of two seemingly contradictory international law trends impacting on transitional justice discourses. The first trend is the appearance of transitional justice as being an attempt to extend the reach of international law, and the other is its shift away from international law as a restraining force and its representation as being susceptible or subject to the interpretations and retrenchment of the hegemonic power which is the United States. The chapter also examines the relationship of the exercise of hegemonic power to international law.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Title of host publication | Judges, Transition and Human Rights |
| Editors | John Morison, Kieran McEvoy, Gordon Anthony |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press |
| Pages | 147-65 |
| Number of pages | 19 |
| ISBN (Print) | 978019920493 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 2006 |
Keywords / Materials (for Non-textual outputs)
- international law
- transitional justice
- hegemonic power
- United States
- law
- justice
Fingerprint
Dive into the research topics of 'The battle for Transitional Justice: Hegemony, Iraq and International Law'. Together they form a unique fingerprint.Cite this
- APA
- Author
- BIBTEX
- Harvard
- Standard
- RIS
- Vancouver