Book contents
- The Right to Punish
- Studies on International Courts and Tribunals
- The Right to Punish
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations
- 1 Introduction
- 2 The Permissibility of Punishment
- 3 The Authority to Punish
- 4 Legitimate Authority and International Institutions
- 5 Fairness, Equality, and Democratic Authority
- 6 Conclusion
- Works Cited
- Index
1 - Introduction
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 16 May 2024
- The Right to Punish
- Studies on International Courts and Tribunals
- The Right to Punish
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations
- 1 Introduction
- 2 The Permissibility of Punishment
- 3 The Authority to Punish
- 4 Legitimate Authority and International Institutions
- 5 Fairness, Equality, and Democratic Authority
- 6 Conclusion
- Works Cited
- Index
Summary
In this chapter, I introduce the main questions I seek to answer in this book, which are: what gives international courts the authority to punish individuals for international crimes, and under what conditions may courts legitimately exercise that authority? I give an overview of the history of international criminal justice, of my methodological assumptions, and of the arguments I make in the individual chapters.
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- The Right to PunishPolitical Authority and International Criminal Justice, pp. 1 - 19Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2024