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- The Sentimental Court
- Cambridge Studies in Law and Society
- The Sentimental Court
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Maps
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations
- Maps
- Introduction
- Part I Atmospheres
- Part II Sentiments
- Part III Politics
- Epilogue
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
- Cambridge Studies in Law and Society
- Plate Section (PDF Only)
Introduction
Affect, Emotion, and the Law
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 May 2022
- The Sentimental Court
- Cambridge Studies in Law and Society
- The Sentimental Court
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Maps
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations
- Maps
- Introduction
- Part I Atmospheres
- Part II Sentiments
- Part III Politics
- Epilogue
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
- Cambridge Studies in Law and Society
- Plate Section (PDF Only)
Summary
The first chapter introduces the book’s guiding question: What is the role of affect and emotion in international criminal law and transitional justice? Instead of accepting at face value the commonly held assumption that the law systematically neutralizes affective dynamics, I argue that the law purposefully creates, mobilizes, shapes, and transforms affective dynamics by curating atmospheres and producing sentiments. This chapter introduces the analytical and conceptual framework, defines the main terms ‒ affect, emotion, atmosphere, and sentiment ‒ and opens up the ethnographic focus on the case The Prosecutor v. Dominic Ongwen before the International Criminal Court.
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- The Sentimental CourtThe Affective Life of International Criminal Justice, pp. 1 - 20Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2022