TY - BOOK AU - Parish,Matthew T. TI - Mirages of international justice : : the elusive pursuit of a transnational legal order SN - 9780857931160 AV - KZ6250 PAR PY - 2011/// PB - Edward Elgar, KW - International courts KW - International law KW - Justice, administration of KW - International cooperation N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Ch. 1. Mirages ch. 2. International law : the legacy of the twentieth century ch. 3. Irrelevant courts for important disputes ch. 4. International criminal law : victors' justice or an interminable machine? ch. 5. Protecting foreign capital flows : who released the genie? ch. 6. Self-spite in the regulation of international trade ch. 7. The arid promises of international human rights ch. 8. The allure of judicial trusteeship in the European Union experience ch. 9. The future of an illusion N2 - 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 trapped between the interests of the Great Powers. Some endure irrelevance, their judgements ignored. Yet more are unusably slow. Still others exhibit demonstrable political bias. Their common failings suggest that international law is not nearly as robust as it claims. The author skilfully shows that international courts are a species of international organisation, and share the same challenges of bureaucracy and unaccountability as have plagued the United Nations. Mirages of International Justice will be of particular interest to scholars and practitioners interested in critiques of the European Court of Human Rights, the World Trade Organisation, investment treaty arbitration, the EU courts, the international criminal courts, the International Court of Justice and public international law in general. Students of international relations and advocates for reform of international organisations will also learn much from this insightful study ER -