Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of illustrations
- Preface
- 1 White man's justice? Sierra Leone and the expanding project of international law
- 2 The story of the CDF trial
- 3 An unconventional army: chains of command in a patrimonial society
- 4 Facts, metaphysics and mysticism: magical powers and the law
- 5 We cannot accept any cultural consideration: the child soldiers charge
- 6 ‘He's not very forthright’: finding the facts in a culture of secrecy
- 7 Cultural issues in the RUF, AFRC and Charles Taylor trials
- 8 Conclusion: from legal imperialism to dialogics
- References
- Index
Contents
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 18 January 2010
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of illustrations
- Preface
- 1 White man's justice? Sierra Leone and the expanding project of international law
- 2 The story of the CDF trial
- 3 An unconventional army: chains of command in a patrimonial society
- 4 Facts, metaphysics and mysticism: magical powers and the law
- 5 We cannot accept any cultural consideration: the child soldiers charge
- 6 ‘He's not very forthright’: finding the facts in a culture of secrecy
- 7 Cultural issues in the RUF, AFRC and Charles Taylor trials
- 8 Conclusion: from legal imperialism to dialogics
- References
- Index
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- Culture under Cross-ExaminationInternational Justice and the Special Court for Sierra Leone, pp. ix - xPublisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2009