Atrocity, Punishment, and International Law.(Book review)

From: Michigan Law Review | Date: April 1, 2008| Author: Heller, Kevin Jon | Copyright information

ATROCITY, PUNISHMENT, AND INTERNATIONAL LAW. By Mark A. Drumbl. New York: Cambridge University Press. 2007. Pp. xv, 298. Cloth, $80; paper, $29.99.

INTRODUCTION

After nearly fifty years of post-Nuremberg hibernation, (1) international criminal tribunals have returned to the world stage with a vengeance. The Security Council created the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia ("ICTY") in 1993 and the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda...

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