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The international judge : an introduction to the men and women who decide the world's cases

"Based on interviews with over thirty international judges. This volume is the first comprehensive portrait of the men and women in this new global profession. It begins with an overview of international courts and a profile of international judges as a group. The authors examine closely the working environments of international judges in courts around the world, highlighting the challenge of carrying out work in multiple languages, in the context of intricate bureaucratic hierarchies, and with a necessary interdependence between judges and court administrations
Print Book, English, ©2007
Brandeis University Press ; Published by University Press of New England, Waltham, Mass., Hanover, NH, ©2007
xxii, 315 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
9781584656661, 1584656662
159822199
International courts : an overview
International judges : who are they and how do they get on the courts?
Inside the courts
International judges and international law
Between law and politics
Tests of character