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Justice across borders

From Ethics & International Affairs, Rajan Menon (Lehigh): Pious Words, Puny Deeds: The "International Community" and Mass Atrocities; a review of National Responsibility and Global Justice by David Miller; a review of The Rise of the Global Imaginary: Political Ideologies from the French Revolution to the Global War on Terror by Manfred B. Steger; and a review of What's Wrong with the United Nations and How to Fix It by Thomas G. Weiss. A review of Human Rights at the UN: The Political History of Universal Justice by Roger Normand and Sarah Zaidi. A review of Justice Across Borders: The Struggle for Human Rights in U.S. Courts by Jeffrey Davis. Sometimes the process is painful and sometimes it is controversial, but the International Criminal Court is changing international relations forever. Misjudgment: Sometimes, grand prosecutions of war crimes don’t make sense. From TNR, a review essay on Rwanda after the genocide. Pol Pot’s men are finally being tried for their crimes — but 85 per cent of Cambodians don't even know the Khmer Rouge trials are taking place. Name before shame: A precise record of the individual victims of war and conflict worldwide is emerging as a key objective of humanitarian work. Are you sure that slaves didn't pick the produce that fills your fridge? From Swans, Michael Barker on combating [some] slavery. There are more slaves today than at any time in human history: An interview with Benjamin Skinner, author of A Crime So Monstrous: Face to Face with Modern-Day Slavery. A review of Moral Limit and Possibility in World Politics.