1. The ICTY and Serbia: Judicial Romanticism, Judicial Colonialism, or a Key Feature of Networked Order?
- Author
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McMahon, Patrice C. and Forsythe, David P.
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PROSECUTION , *WAR criminals , *DEMOCRACY , *RECONCILIATION , *PEACE ,SERBIAN politics & government - Abstract
The recent death of Slobodan Milosevic provides an ideal time to consider the effects of the International Criminal Court for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) on Serbian politics. Set up in by the UN Security Council for the explicit purpose of prosecuting war criminals, the implicit assumption made was that the Court would foster peace and reconciliation in the Balkans. This paper considers the impact of the Court on Serbia?s political development. Has the goal of encouraging peace and reconciliation been achieved? What evidence is there that the Court has pushed Serbia toward becoming a liberal democracy? Answers to these questions are imperative before we make this strategy a central part of the international community?s toolbox for dealing with post-war societies. ..PAT.-Unpublished Manuscript [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2007