Contents: The dubious promise; War crime and punishment: an overview; International justice and the League of Nations; Regime theory: the transformation of sovereignty; The jurisdiction debates; The Rome statute; The US and international criminal prosecution; The death penalty and international law; Lockerbie: the politics of international criminal justice; Hegemonic justice: extradition via abduction; Constitutional interpretation and international law; The Yugoslav and Rwandan tribunals; The US and Iraq: invested in instability?; Conclusion; Appendices; Index.