Affective Justice: The International Criminal Court and the Pan-Africanist Pushback

by Kamari Maxine Clarke

Book Overview

Since its inception in 2001, the International Criminal Court (ICC) has been met with resistance by various African states and their leaders, who see the court as a new iteration of colonial violence and control. In Affective Justice Kamari Maxine Clarke explores the African Union's pushback against the ICC in order to theorize affect's role in shaping forms of justice in the contemporary period. Drawing on fieldwork in The Hague, the African...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1478006706
• ISBN13: 9781478006701
• Release Date: November 2019
• Publisher: Duke University Press
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 1.19 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.0" x 9.0"