Mirages of International Justice: The Elusive Pursuit of a Transnational Legal Order

Since the end of the Cold War there has been an explosion of international courts and tribunals that sit apart from domestic legal systems, yet they are often woefully inadequate for their stated purposes. This book explores common problems across these courts, and applies a constructivist theory of international relations to explain their operation.

Often established by states as signals of their commitment to moral values and political ideology, once created these courts find themselves t...