Abstract
This chapter explores the interplay of two seemingly contradictory international law trends impacting on transitional justice discourses. The first trend is the appearance of transitional justice as being an attempt to extend the reach of international law, and the other is its shift away from international law as a restraining force and its representation as being susceptible or subject to the interpretations and retrenchment of the hegemonic power which is the United States. The chapter also examines the relationship of the exercise of hegemonic power to international law.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Title of host publication | Judges, Transition, and Human Rights |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 9780191695599 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9780199204939 |
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| State | Published - Mar 22 2012 |
Keywords
- Hegemonic power
- International law
- Justice
- Law
- Transitional justice
- United states
