Hannah Arendt is one of the great outsiders of twentieth-century political philosophy. After reporting on the trial of Nazi war criminal Adolf Eichmann, Arendt embarked on a series of reflections about how to make judgments and exercise responsibility without recourse to existin…
In 'The Right to Be Present at Trial in International Criminal Law' Caleb Henry Wheeler analyses what it means for the accused to be present during international criminal trials and how that meaning has changed. This book also examines the impact that absence from trial can have…
By comparing approaches to the doctrine of fitness to stand trial across several common law jurisdictions, the civil law regimes of Italy and the Netherlands, and under international law, this collection analyses the latest case law, uncovers common weaknesses in the varied legi…
"The right to defend oneself in person touches upon fundamental issues with regard to rights of accused before international criminal tribunals. At the same time, it significantly influences the day-to-day trial management of major war crimes trials. This work tries to approach …
Alexander Laban Hinton offers a detailed analysis of a former Khmer Rouge security center commandant who was convicted for overseeing the interrogation, torture, and execution of nearly 20,000 Cambodians. Interested in how someone becomes an executioner, Hinton provides numerous…
