International Criminal Justice; Foreword; Introduction; Contents; Contributors; It Counts, But Only When It Does Not Matter? Evolving Standards of Decency and the Lawof Other Countries; Just War Claims: Historical Theory, Abu Ghraib, and Transgressive Rhetoric; Policing the Human: Lawfare and Humanitarianism; The Big Chill: First Amendment Protections and the War on Terror; Terrorism: The Dilemma of Response; Divided We Stand? American and European Perspectives in the Fight Against Transnational Terrorism1; United Nations Counterterrorist Strategies and Human Rights
Summary
In recent years, justice-related and human rights issues have figured more and more prominently on the international political agenda. This expansion of the justice space is a product of a growing demand for accountability in world politics. Whether the issue is addressing heinous crimes such as genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity in situations of armed conflict, confronting the inability or reluctance of governments to protect their own populations, or responding to the challenges posed by transnational terrorism; the international community has witnessed the proliferation of ins
