Victor's justice or the law? Judging and punishing at the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia

Journal of Conflict Resolution

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 140-162

  Meernik, James ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Conflict resolution; International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia; International law; Victor's justice

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037272843     PISSN: 00220027     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0022002702251024     Document Type: Article

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