Table of Contents

1. Introduction
2. The Crimes Charged
3. The Defendant
4. The Road to The Hague
5. Persona Dramatis
6. The History of War Crimes Trials
7. Real Justice or Realpolitik?
8. The Rules of the Road
9. The Prosecution's Case
10. The Defense's Case
11. Possible Verdicts and Sentences
12. Conclusion: Implications for the Future
13. Glossary of Key Legal Terms
14. Bibliography
15. Index

About the Author

Michael Scharf held high-level posts during the first Bush and Clinton Administrations in the Office of the Legal Adviser of the Department of State. Since 1993, he has been a Professor of Law and Director of the Centre for International Law and Policy at the New England School of Law. He is the author of seven books, including Balkan Justice (nominated for a Pulitzer in 1998) and The International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (named the outstanding book in international law in 1999). Bill Schabas has been Director of the Irish Centre for Human Rights at the National University of Ireland since 2000. Before that, he was dean of the faculty of law at the University of Montreal. A former journalist, he is the author of twelve books, including Introduction to the International Criminal Court (2001) and Genocide in International Law (2000). He has served on human rights missions to Rwanda, Burundi, South Africa, Kenya, Uganda, Sudan, and Cambodia.