Overview

American reluctance to join the International Criminal Court illuminates important trends in international security and a central dilemma facing U.S. Foreign policy in the 21st century. The ICC will prosecute individuals who commit egregious international human rights violations such as genocide. The Court is a logical culmination of the global trends toward expanding human rights and creating international institutions. The U.S., which fostered these trends because they served American national interests, initially championed the creation of an ICC. The Court fundamentally represents the triumph of American values in the international arena. Yet the United States now opposes the ICC for fear of constraints upon America's ability to use force to protect its national interests. The principal national security and constitutional objections to the Court, which the volume explores in detail, inflate the potential risks inherent in joining the ICC. More fundamentally, they reflect a belief in American exceptionalism that is unsustainable in today's world. Court opponents also underestimate the growing salience of international norms and institutions in addressing emerging threats to U.S. national interests. The misguided assessments that buttress opposition to the ICC threaten to undermine American leadership and security in the 21st century more gravely than could any international institution.

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Author:   Sarah B. Sewall ,  Carl Kaysen ,  Gary J. Bass ,  Bartram S. Brown
Publisher:   Rowman & Littlefield
Imprint:   Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 2.70cm , Length: 23.60cm
Weight:   0.544kg
ISBN:  

9780742501348

ISBN 10:   0742501345
Pages:   288
Publication Date:   28 August 2000
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Chapter 2 The US and the ICC: An Overview Part 3 The Roots of the ICC Chapter 4 The Evolution of the International Criminal Court: From the Hague to Rome and Back Again Chapter 5 Lessons from Recent International Criminal Tribunals Chapter 6 The Statute of the International Criminal Court: Past, Present and Future Chapter 7 Exceptional Cases in Rome: The United States and the Struggle for an International Criminal Court Part 8 The US and the ICC Chapter 9 US Perspective on the International Criminal Court Chapter 10 The Constitution and the International Criminal Court Chapter 11 American Servicemembers and the International Criminal Court Chapter 12 The ICC and the Deployment of American Armed Forces Chapter 13 The United States and Genocide Law: A History of Ambivalence Part 14 The ICC and National Approaches to Justice Chapter 15 Justice Versus Peace Chapter 16 Complementarity and Conflict: States, Victims, and the International Criminal Court Part 17 The ICC's Implications for International Law Chapter 18 The ICC's Jurisdiction Over the Nationals of Non-Party States Chapter 19 The International Criminal Court and the Future of the Global Legal System Chapter 20 Appendix: Steps in Getting a Case to the ICC Chapter 21

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authored an article focusing on Iraq, book listed in author credit--Sarah Sewell Chronicle Of Higher Education

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Sarah B. Sewall is projects director at the Carr Center for Human Rights Policy at Harvard's JFK School of Government. Carl Kaysen is David W. Skinner Professor of Political Economy, Emeritus, at Massachussetts Institute of Technology.

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