Cambridge University Press (CUP) just published a new edited collection on the International Criminal Court (ICC) that seeks to evaluate its work from a critical and interdisciplinary perspective. Entitled Contested Justice: the Politics and Practice of International Criminal Court Interventions, the volume is co-edited by Sara Kendall of Kent Law School, as well as Christian De Vos of the Open Society Foundations and Carsten Stahn of Leiden University. It brings together a diverse group of contributions from legal scholars, sociologists, anthropologists, and several practitioners who have worked alongside the ICC in Uganda, Kenya, and the Democratic Republic of Congo.
The collection is the first of its kind to address the in-country work of this international legal institution in such breadth and depth, and it considers key themes such as transitional justice, interactions between international and domestic legal systems, and the role of the ICC in addressing conflict-affected communities. It concludes with a chapter by the UN Special Rapporteur on Torture that reflects on the relationship between the ICC and contemporary peace processes.
The book is available through Open Access via the Cambridge website as a downloadable PDF: http://ebooks.cambridge.org/ebook.jsf?bid=CBO9781139924528.