Every living thing : facing down terrorists, warlords, and thugs in West Africa : a story of justice / by David M. Crane.
2020
KF373.C678 A3 2020 (Mapit)
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Author
Crane, David M., author.
Title
Every living thing : facing down terrorists, warlords, and thugs in West Africa : a story of justice / by David M. Crane.
Imprint
Durham, North Carolina : Carolina Academic Press, LLC [2020]
Description
xi, 366 pages ; 26 cm
Formatted Contents Note
Preface
Introduction : "Seek Justice"
"Believe the Unbelievable"
An Overview
The Phone Call
No One Prepared Me for This
You Are Not Going to Be the Prosecutor
The Plan
Farewell
London and The Hague
Touch Down in Hell
Setting Up
Fully Operational
The Indictments
Operation Justice
The Initial Arraignments
"The Maskita"
The Unforgettable Summer of 2003: the Downfall of President Charles Taylor
The Legal Challenges : New Law Is Made
A New Courthouse!
Getting Ready for Trial
Drafting the Opening Statements
Prosecuting the Leadership of the Civil Defense Force and the Revolutionary United Front
The Case Against the Armed Forces Revolutionary Council
Getting Charles Taylor
Paramount Chief
Epilogue : "We Have Him"
Appendix : The Closing Statements.
Introduction : "Seek Justice"
"Believe the Unbelievable"
An Overview
The Phone Call
No One Prepared Me for This
You Are Not Going to Be the Prosecutor
The Plan
Farewell
London and The Hague
Touch Down in Hell
Setting Up
Fully Operational
The Indictments
Operation Justice
The Initial Arraignments
"The Maskita"
The Unforgettable Summer of 2003: the Downfall of President Charles Taylor
The Legal Challenges : New Law Is Made
A New Courthouse!
Getting Ready for Trial
Drafting the Opening Statements
Prosecuting the Leadership of the Civil Defense Force and the Revolutionary United Front
The Case Against the Armed Forces Revolutionary Council
Getting Charles Taylor
Paramount Chief
Epilogue : "We Have Him"
Appendix : The Closing Statements.
Summary
"Set in the steaming jungles of the ravaged West African country Sierra Leone, this book shows how multiple countries were devastated by an international criminal enterprise led by Presidents Muammar Gadhafi of Libya, Charles Taylor of Liberia, and Blasé Compare of Burkina Faso, with an assist from a vast network of terrorists, including Al Qaeda, vying for the control of diamonds. Following the creation of Special Court for Sierra Leone in 2004, a small band of lawyers, investigators, and paralegals changed the face of international criminal law with their innovative plan to effectively and efficiently deliver justice for the tens of thousands of victims, most of them women and children, in the process bringing down warlord-turned-president Charles Taylor of Liberia, the most wanted man in the world. Drawn from the author's personal journals, this book is the first ever detailed account written by a chief prosecutor of an international war crimes tribunal. This book is the first such work to show how the rule of law is more powerful than the rule of the gun-and provides the playbook for accounting for similar horrors elsewhere"-- Provided by publisher.
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Includes index.
Call Number
KF373.C678 A3 2020
Language
English
ISBN
9781531016210 (paperback)
9781531016227 (ebook)
1531016219
9781531016227 (ebook)
1531016219
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