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The capture of International Criminal Law: politics, struggle, and expertise

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There is widespread agreement that International Criminal Law (ICL) should be practiced within a courtroom by independent, apolitical legal experts—international lawyers—who pursue justice in the name of humanity. This “common sense” vision dominates contemporary understandings of legitimate ICL, to the extent that both critics and supporters of the ICL project speak in the same idiom. However, this hegemonic vision is a recent construction. ICL was once a sphere of “high politics” and vengea...

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Institution:
University of Oxford
Division:
SSD
Department:
Politics & Int Relations
Oxford college:
Nuffield College
Role:
Author
ORCID:
0000-0002-5443-8599

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Institution:
University of Oxford
Division:
SSD
Department:
Politics & Int Relations
Oxford college:
Nuffield College
Role:
Supervisor
ORCID:
0000-0002-9617-478X


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Stafford, A


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Type of award:
DPhil
Level of award:
Doctoral
Awarding institution:
University of Oxford


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English
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2026-04-27
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