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The UN International Criminal Tribunals: The Former Yugoslavia, Rwanda and Sierra Leone. By William A. Schabas. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2006. Pp. liv, 711. Index. $175, £90, cloth; $84, £46, paper.

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 February 2017

Jens Meierhenrich*
Affiliation:
Harvard University

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17 Dembour & Kelly, supra note 16.

18 In the philosophy of science, nomothetic reasoning refers to reasoning that proceeds by way of deduction. It is theory driven and motivated by a desire to account for an entire class of events, processes, or outcomes (for example, the performance of international courts and tribunals in general). The aim of nomothetic reasoning is the elaboration of universal laws of behavior. By contrast, ideographic reasoning proceeds by way of induction. It is problem driven and motivated by a desire to account ioi particular processes, events, or outcomes (for example, the performance of the ICTY trial chamber in the prosecution of Milosevic). The aim of ideographic reasoning is the elaboration of detailed and fine-grained accounts of select cases.

19 Gideon, Boas, The Milošević Trial: Lessons for the Conduct of Complex International Criminal Proceedings (2007)Google Scholar [Editor’s note: Boas’s book is reviewed by Daryl Mundis in this same issue of the Journal.]

20 For an interesting comparative analysis of the ICTY and ICTR by a political scientist that ultimately fails to penetrate the inner workings of the ad hoc tribunals, see Peskin, International Justice in Rwanda and the Balkans, supra note 13. Also disappointing from this vantage point is Kerr, The International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia, supra note 14.

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