Rough Justice

The Wall Street Journal Excellent.

Journal of International Criminal Justice One of if not, the most significant contributions to understanding relationships between states and the ICC in recent years.

Ethics & International Affairs The best account so far of the trajectory of the ICC from its optimistic origins to the more constrained court of today.... Written in an engaging and accessible style, the book should be of interest to the nonspecialist as well.

International Journal: Canada's Journal of Global Policy Analysis Energetic, well-written, and genuinely informative.

Texas Law Review Excellent.

Berkeley Journal of International Law A rigorously researched and credible piece of work with the readability and up-to-date feeling of a blog.... Rough Justice is an excellent work on the recent history of the ICC, succinct and subtle in its analysis.

Mark Kersten, Journal of International Criminal Justice David Bosco's Rough Justice is one of - if not, the - most significant contributions to understanding relationships between states and the ICC in recent years. Impressively researched, accessibly composed and cogently argued, Bosco skilfully lays out a political history of the Court that not only elucidates why and how powerful states engage with the ICC but also how the Court manages its relations with the states upon which its legitimacy and effectiveness depend ... Both liberal and realist oriented scholars should read Bosco's sophisticated account of the ICC.

<br>David Bosco teaches international politics and law at American University's School of International Service. He is the author of Five to Rule Them All: The UN Security Council and the Making of the Modern World. A graduate of Harvard Law School, he is a former attorney and senior editor at Foreign Policy magazine. He writes the Multilateralist blog for Foreign Policy.<br>

INTRODUCTION ; 1. A FRAMEWORK FOR ANALYSIS ; 2. ORIGINS ; 3. THE PHANTOM COURT (1998-2002) ; 4. CAUTION AND CONSENSUS (JULY 2002-MARCH 2005) ; 5. BREAKTHROUGH (2005-2008) ; 6. POWER PLAYS (2008-2012) ; CONCLUSION: A CONSTRAINED COURT