The Institutionalization of the International Criminal Court

Salla Huikuri (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

XXI, 307 Seiten

2019 | Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2019
Springer International Publishing (Verlag)
978-3-030-07064-9 (ISBN)

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This book explores the institution of the International Criminal Court (ICC) as a policy instrument. It argues that after the Cold War the European Union started challenging the unilateral policies of the United States by promoting new norms and institutions, such as the ICC. This development flies in the face of traditional explanations for cooperation, which would theorize institutionalization as the result of hegemonic preponderance, rational calculations or common identities. The book explains the dynamics behind the emergence of the ICC with a novel theoretical concept of normative binding. Normative binding is a strategy that provides middle powers with the means to tie down the unilateral policies of powerful actors that prefer not to cooperate. The idea is to promote new multilateral norms and deposit them in institutions, which have the potential to become binding even on unilateralist actors, if the majority of states adhere to them.

Salla Huikuri is Researcher at the Department of Political and Economic Studies, University of Helsinki, Finland. She was previously based at the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University, USA, and at the Waseda University School of Law in Tokyo, Japan. Her research interests include global governance, legitimacy, EU and US foreign policies, qualitative methods, and international relations theories.

1. Introduction.- 2. Theorizing the Institutionalization of the International Criminal Court.- 3. Germany and International Criminal Law.- 4. The United States and the International Criminal Court.- 5. The European Union's Support for the International Criminal Court.- 6. Explaining Late Ratifications to the Rome Statute.- 7. The Philippines' Late Ratification of the Rome Statute.- 8. Why Indonesia Has Not Joined the ICC?.- 9. Conclusion.

"Salla Huikuri's book on the emergence and institutionalization of the organization is therefore highly interesting from the point of view of peace research. ... This book is not only a fascinating history of the origin of the ICC, but also an important contribution to the theory of institutionalization of international norms and to cosmopolitan theories on the emergence of global security regimes." (Timo Kivimäki, Journal of Peace Research, February 27, 2019)

“Salla Huikuri’s book on the emergence and institutionalization of the organization is therefore highly interesting from the point of view of peace research. ... This book is not only a fascinating history of the origin of the ICC, but also an important contribution to the theory of institutionalization of international norms and to cosmopolitan theories on the emergence of global security regimes.” (Timo Kivimäki, Journal of Peace Research, February 27, 2019)

Erscheinungsdatum	18.02.2019
Zusatzinfo	XXI, 307 p.
Verlagsort	Cham
Sprache	englisch
Maße	148 x 210 mm
Gewicht	435 g
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Staat / Verwaltung
Schlagworte	Case Study Approach • Genocide Convention • Germany and the ICC • institutionalization • international criminal law • Jurisdiction • legality • Legitimacy • Like-Minded Coalition • Multilateralism • normative binding • Norms • Nuremberg Trials • Obama effect • Process tracing • Rational choice • support for the ICC • Unilateralism • universal jurisdiction • Us and the ICC
ISBN-10	3-030-07064-6 / 3030070646
ISBN-13	978-3-030-07064-9 / 9783030070649
Zustand	Neuware