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100 1 _aShapiro, Michael J.
245 1 0 _aWar crimes, atrocity and justice /
_cMichael J. Shapiro.
260 _aCambridge :
_bPolity Press,
_c2015.
300 _aix, 219 p. :
_b1 map (black and white), photographs (black and white) ;
_c23 cm.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 _aThe global justice dispositif -- Atrocity, securitization, and exuberant lines of flight -- What does a weapon see? -- Borderline justice -- Justice and the archives.
520 _aWhat do we know about war crimes and justice? What are the discursive practices through which the dominant images of war crimes, atrocity and justice are understood? In this wide ranging text, Michael J. Shapiro contrasts the justice-related imagery of the war crimes trial (for example the solitary, headphone-wearing defendant at the Hague listening with intent to a catalogue of charges) with ?literary justice?: representations in literature, film, and biographical testimony, raising questions about atrocities and justice that juridical proceedings exclude. By engaging with the ambiguities exposed by the artistic and experiential genres, reading them alongside policy and archival documentation and critical theoretical discourses, Shapiro?s War Crimes, Atrocity, and Justice challenges traditional notions of ?responsibility? in juridical settings. His comparative readings instead encourage a focus on the conditions of possibility for war crimes as they arise from the actions of states, non-state agencies and individuals involved in arms trading, peace keeping, sex trafficking, and law enforcement and adjudication. Theory springs to life as Shapiro draws on examples from legal discourse, literature, media, film, and television, to build a nuanced picture of politics and the problem of justice. It will be of great interest to students of film and media, literature, cultural studies, contemporary philosophy and political science.
650 0 _aJustice
_xPhilosophy.
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650 0 _aWar crimes investigation.
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651 _2BUEsh
653 _bBUSBOL
_cOctober2016
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