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20 Global Governance 348 (2014)
Unimaginable Atrocities: Justice, Politics, and Rights at the War Crimes Tribunals

handle is hein.journals/glogo20 and id is 360 raw text is: 348 Book Reviews not favor left-wing policies, they accept them so long as core neoliberal prin- ciples remain intact. Moreover, the author assumes that international financial capital prefers democratic regimes over dictatorships and, on that basis, argues that this preference accounts for both the decoupling of recent finan- cial crises and the elections of new democratic governments in Latin Amer- ica as well as the enormous influx of capital into the region in the past several decades. These arguments are developed in six chapters and a list of conclusions. In the first chapter, the author characterizes Latin American countries as emerging economies whose structures are not fully developed, but that have nonetheless adopted the neoliberal model. He therefore concludes that the flow of international capital is considered a fundamental factor for economic growth in the region. As he maintains, one of the main characteristics of these economies is their inclusion in the indices used by portfolio managers as investable universes (p. 10). Another important characteristic is that these economies are constrained by political regimes subject to regular, free and fair elections (p. 43), whose results are uncertain and in some cases can cause major financial disruptions, stock market slumps, and overshooting in spread and interests rates (p. 36). In this context the author argues in the second chapter that although international investors opposed the candidacy of President Luiz Indcio Lula da Silva in Brazil, which culminated in a massive outflow of capital after his election, these same investors tempered their opposition by returning the Brazilian economy back to normal. Moreover, these concerns were not voiced during Lula's second campaign because these international investors realized that Lula, while governing from the left, nonetheless respected the neoliberal model. The rest of the book analyzes the relationships that bankers, brokers, and fund managers have with elections, changes in government, and budget cycles. S Reviewed by Noemi Levy-Orlik Unimaginable Atrocities: Justice, Politics, and Rights at the War Crimes Tribunals. By William Schabas. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2012. In this book of eight chapters, William Schabas explores what he calls some controversies that surround modem atrocity trials (p. 2). He sets the stage by noting that since 1989, the world community has increasingly relied on international judicial institutions to hold those accused of committing atroci- ties accountable. He suggests that international justice has apparently become an indispensable component of the policy agendas of the United Nations and other organizations focused on ending world conflict and promoting lasting peace (p. 2). That states frame the goals of international justice with such political and policy-oriented language causes Schabas to argue that interna- tional justice is unique and distinct from national criminal justice. The pol- icy and politics of international justice is the subject of this book and the impetus behind Schabas's selection of issues to address.

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