{"product_id":"the-criminal-state-war-atrocity-and-the-dream-of-international-justice-9780691180410","title":"The Criminal State: War, Atrocity, and the Dream of International Justice","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA sweeping history of the struggle to hold states to account for their gravest crimes\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Criminal State\u003c\/i\u003e offers a gripping account of how law has confronted the most radical forms of state violence. Beautifully written, broad in scope, and bracingly original, it weaves history with political thought to trace the shifting legal response to state aggression and atrocities, from Leopold's rule over the Congo to Putin's war in Ukraine. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAt its heart is Lawrence Douglas's fresh interpretation of the law's reckoning with Nazi aggression and atrocity. He shows how the Nuremberg trials challenged centuries of thought--rooted in Hobbes and other canonical thinkers--that shielded sovereigns from legal scrutiny. Yet Nuremberg's bid to frame aggression as the cornerstone of a new order of international criminal law largely failed, giving way to a system now centrally concerned with crimes against humanity and genocide--while leaving unresolved the legality and effectiveness of using force to stop the worst violations of human rights. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eProviding rare historical perspective on the dilemmas facing international courts, \u003ci\u003eThe Criminal State\u003c\/i\u003e is a sweeping, provocative history of the struggle to bring perpetrators of state violence to justice.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Lawrence Douglas\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Princeton University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/28\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 456\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.98lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.30h x 6.00w x 1.70d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780691180410\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/15\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLawrence Douglas\u003c\/b\u003e is the James J. Grosfeld Professor of Law, Jurisprudence, and Social Thought at Amherst College and a Guggenheim fellow. His many books include \u003ci\u003eThe Right Wrong Man\u003c\/i\u003e (Princeton) and \u003ci\u003eThe Memory of Judgment\u003c\/i\u003e. His writing has appeared in leading publications such as \u003ci\u003eHarper's\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Wall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Economist\u003c\/i\u003e. He is a regular contributor to \u003ci\u003eThe Times Literary Supplement\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"Lawrence Douglas \/ Hardcover \/ English","offer_id":48231216087197,"sku":"9780691180410","price":70.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/5648\/9373\/files\/img_68bec34a-79aa-4f30-910e-14d729d89cda.jpg?v=1778577703","url":"https:\/\/booksdeli.com\/products\/the-criminal-state-war-atrocity-and-the-dream-of-international-justice-9780691180410","provider":"booksdeli.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}