The Sentimental Court : The Affective Life of International Criminal Justice

What is the role of affect in international criminal law and transitional justice in (post-)colonial Africa and beyond? Instead of accepting at face value the commonly held assumption that the law systematically neutralizes emotions, Jonas Bens argues that the law purposefully creates, mobilizes, shapes, and transforms atmospheres and sentiments.

• | : Jonas Bens (Freie Universitat Berlin)
• | Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• | Publication Date: May 19, 2022
• | Country of Publication: United Kingdom
• | Number of Pages: 250 pages
• | Language: Unknown
• | Binding: Hardback
• | ISBN-10: 1316512878
• | ISBN-13: 9781316512876